Issue - items at meetings - Petition seeking traffic safety measures near St Paul's Primary School

This report advises Members of the receipt of a petition from St Paul’s C of E Primary School, seeking the reinstatement of a ‘School Crossing Patrol’ (currently vacant), enforcement of road traffic regulations and traffic calming measures on Holgate Road.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to :

(i) note the content of the petition;

(ii) support the proposal for officers in Learning, Culture & Childrens Services to carry out a detailed assessment of the location for the provision of a School Crossing Patrol pelican crossing on Holgate Road, to look at the signage in the area, and to request a report back on the outcome in due course.

Decision of the Executive Leader

RESOLVED: That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON: To respond to the petitioners concerns.

Members considered a report which advised them of the receipt of a petition from St Paul’s C of E Primary School, seeking the reinstatement of a “School Crossing Patrol” [SCP] (currently vacant), enforcement of road traffic regulations and traffic calming measures on Holgate Road. The petition contained signatures from 369 people.

Members discussed the signage around the area of the school, the fact that the new signs which had been erected were not visible enough, driver behaviour, and the fact that a SCP would be able to report incidents of bad driver behaviour to the police.