Holly Park Primary School Street

We asked

We asked for your views on the live ‘School Street’ which is a controlled pedestrian and cycling zone during school pick up and drop off hours on the following road:

Bellevue Road between The Crescent and Holly Park Road

The proposed times are 8.30-9.15am and 3.00-3.45pm Monday to Friday, term time only.

The implementation of double yellow lines were completed on Bellevue Road/Holly Park Road junction and extension of them on The Crescent/Bellevue Road.

You said

We received 422 responses to this engagement. This included 371 pupil responses, 33 through Engage Barnet responses and 18 responses via email:

68.01% of respondents supported the measures.
19.67% of respondents opposed the measures.
12.32% of respondents neither support nor opposed.

Only adult responses were analysed in terms of themes. This showed:

54.5% of respondents were just highlighting their opposition to the scheme.
18.2% of respondents stated it pushes congestion and traffic onto neighbouring roads.
15.2% of respondents were happy with the school street.
9.1% of respondents stated it impacted parking in the surrounding area and 3% stated they wanted the School Street extending.

We did

Based on the feedback received and having reviewed the traffic counts and parking stress surveys, officers have decided to make the School Street permanent.