Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration.

The issue of congestion around school gates causes problems such as inappropriate and illegal parking and difficulties in crossing the road safely.

To try and address these problems the Council is promoting an initiative “Road Safety around Schools”. It comprises the “Eagle Eye” road safety education and training workshops together with extra parking enforcement and engineering improvements.  Banks Lane Junior School is one of the schools identified for road safety measures.

The Area Committee is recommended to give approval to the measures detailed in the report, to be funded from the Road Safety around Schools initiative 2017/18.

Officer contact: Warren French on 0161 474 4817 or email: warren.french@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Democratic Services Manager submitted a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposal to introduce additional measures to improve road safety outside Banks Lane Junior School.

RESOLVED – That the Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing be recommended to give approval to the following measures indicated on Plan 0305/BL/001 attached to the report, to be funded from the Road Safety Around Schools Initiative 2017/18:-

·         9 no. pencil bollards on the eastern footway of Hulme Street.

·         6 no. standard bollards on both footways at the junction with Hulme Street and Hempshaw Lane.

·         tactile paving at existing uncontrolled crossing points on the desired walking routes.

·         the introduction of 2 no. advanced warning signs with an advisory 20mph operated by flashing ‘wig wags’.