Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management & 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.  Romiley Primary school is one of the schools identified for road safety measures.

The Area Committee is recommended to give approval to the following measures (to be funded from the Road Safety around Schools initiative 2017/18):-

·         Remark existing school keep clears and waiting restrictions.

·         Introduce 2 no. advanced warning signs with an advisory 20mph operated by flashing ‘wig- wag’ signs.

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

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposal to introduce additional measures to improve road safety outside Romiley Primary School.

It was requested that a speed survey be undertaken before the measures were implemented and after to assess their impact.

RESOLVED – That the Cabinet Member for Communities & Housing be recommended to give approval to the remarking of the existing keep clears and waiting restrictions and the introduction of advanced warning signs with an advisory 20mph operated by flashing ‘wig wag’ signs as detailed on the plan appended to the report to be funded from the Road Safety Around Schools Initiative 2017/18.