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This report considers an e-petition titled “Fishergate Primary School Road Safety” which was open to signatures in December 2023 and January 2024. The petition received 184 signatures.

Resolved:                That recommendations a)-b) in paragraph 9 of the report be approved, with amendments, viz.

a)   That the petition and the concerns raised by the petitioners with regards to road safety in and around the area of Fishergate School be acknowledged;

b)   That the inclusion of the Fishergate School area, including Kent Street and Blue Bridge Lane, into the Council’s Safe Routes to School programme for 2024/25 be approved to enable a feasibility study to be conducted and officers to report back once the study is completed.

Reason:              To review the issues identified by the petitioners, the Executive Member and CYC officers and identify possible measures to address them and improve road safety in the vicinity of Fishergate School.

The Executive Member considered a report presented by the Head of Highway Access and Development which discussed an e-petition titled ‘Fishergate Primary School Road Safety’ which was open to signatures in December 2023 and January 2024 and received 184 signatures.

Officers acknowledged the objectives of the petition and the changes it proposed. The report considered the issues raised and feasible options to address them through Council’s Safe Routes to School programme during 2024/25.

Officers explained that once a decision was made, discussions would take place with the school regarding the Road Safety Strategy and at this point the focus was feasibility.

The Executive Member acknowledged signatories of the petition, and proposed extension of the area considered by ‘Safer Routes to School’ to include both Kent Street and Blue Bridge Lane, given the number of children travelling to school along these routes. This expansion was with a view to covering road safety for childrens’ full route to school. Officers noted that Kent Street was already addressed in paragraph 13 but both streets could be named specifically within the resolution. It was therefore

Resolved:                      That recommendations a)-b) in paragraph 9 of the report be approved, with amendments, viz.

a)    That the petition and the concerns raised by the petitioners with regards to road safety in and around the area of Fishergate School be acknowledged;

b)    That the inclusion of the Fishergate School area, including Kent Street and Blue Bridge Lane, into the Council’s Safe Routes to School programme for 2024/25 be approved to enable a feasibility study to be conducted and officers to report back once the study is completed.

Reason:                        To review the issues identified by the petitioners, the Executive Member and CYC officers and identify possible measures to address them and improve road safety in the vicinity of Fishergate School.