We Asked, You Said, We Did

We asked

We asked for your views on the implementation of two ‘School Streets’ which is a controlled pedestrian and cycling zone during school pick up and drop off hours on the following roads:

• Windsor Drive (between Bohun Grove and Ridgeway Avenue)
• Chestnut Grove (between Daneland and Ridgeway Avenue)

The proposed times are 8.15-9.30am and 3.00-3.45pm Monday to Friday, term time only.

You said

We received 256 responses to this engagement with:

• 40.23% of respondents supportive of the measures.
• 50.39% of respondents opposed to the measures.
• 9.38% of respondents neither supportive nor opposed.

Further feedback included:

• 23.80% of respondents stated the scheme pushes traffic outside of the zone.
• 8.10% stated it should be extended to include Ridgeway Avenue.
• 8.57% of people stated they wanted to see alternative measures
• 4.76% stated proposals would impact their daily routines.

We did

Based on results from the engagement that showed a number of the respondents were concerned about traffic pushing onto their roads, we are looking at extending the School Street Zone.

The School Street Zone we are proposing will be Ridgeway Avenue between Cat Hill and Daneland, Chestnut Grove, Windsor Drive and Bohun Grove.

We will recommend that we launch the School Street Zone under an 18-month experimental basis. The first 6-months of which will include the statutory consultation.

Residents will be written to ahead of the School Street Zone, informing them of the measures and inviting them to share their views during the statutory consultation period.