Greenwich reveal 32 potential school street sites
Greenwich Council have launched a consultation into possible school street locations across the borough.
It’s looking into four existing schools and 11 temporary sites with 21 proposed new locations.
Councillor Averil Lekau, Cabinet Member for Climate Action, Sustainability, and Transport, said: “We are committed to creating safer, healthier streets for our children. Restricting motor traffic during school drop-off and pickups helps reduce harmful pollutants, leading to cleaner air and better respiratory health for our young people. But to achieve these aims, we need your help.
“Your experiences and opinions on travel, particularly concerning journeys to and from schools, are vital in shaping the future of our School Streets programme. The programme aligns with the council’s commitment to making travel around the borough easier and greener, prioritising the safety and well-being of children and parents walking, cycling, and scooting to school.”
A map of proposed locations can be viewed here where comments can also be left for the authority.
With the amount of poor driving standards that is seen lately with speeding limits ignored, zebra crossings ignore. Even some red lights ignored by motorists. Then school streets are becoming a must and a important part of improving road safety for everyone.
Quite right. Even this morning I’ve seen drivers take their chances at the bottom of Humber Road, using the pavement to get around the roadworks while ignoring the giant ‘road closed’ signs. The LTN along Westcombe Hill has cut the number of boy racers down to nothing, and this appears to be the only way to enforce any kind of public safety at the moment. Something like that around Sherington School for example (where it meets Charlton Road) could do with better demarcation.
On one hand it’s all a bit pointless….on the other hand,I can say its actually the kids parents causing alot of dangers. We’ve got private 10 car carpark, roughly double that amount parking all over the pavement as well as in private bays,causing exits from our homes to be blocked. If an emergency happened, the services would have no chance getting in. Some sit the whole time with running engines.
Another scheme to take money of motorists.
Received the letter today regarding a school in our street. As long as street residents don’t have restrictions i believe this is a great move. The way our street is blocked by parents is dangerous with kids often just running out between cars without looking due to restricted visibility.
Let’s all just walk at this point because you pay mortgage prices to drive but get fines for everything you do wrong turn, go too slow , go to fast let’s not act as if every car we see is constantly bolting up and down the roads. Air and pollution travel it does not remain in one place.
You may be surprised to learn one of the most prevalent forms of fine particle pollution is caused by the microplastics released by tyres. These don’t travel as far as the finer particulates, and in an area with numerous stop/start points for greater abrasion, more will be shed. Mostly it resembles a fine dark dust, but it’s the non-degradable surface of car tyres.
My kids attend one of the schools that has had this for a while now and it just doesn’t work. It’s literally just the section directly outside the school which is closed meaning the other sections of the road either side
of the closure are just more congested and dangerous. Parents are even more reckless with parking and dropping off now – stopping just infront of the closure, opening doors and chucking the kids out. We’ve had damage to our property and the kids are less aware of their surroundings…evidenced by their behaviour if the road hasn’t been closed due to staff issues – they run in the middle, assuming its safe. I’ve put my concerns as a parent and local resident to the school and the council (as have others) and it seems to be ignored. Would love to see some stats that this is working – how have the emissions by the school reduced? Only positive for me is we actually see our headteacher every day as she mans the closure…which would presumably stop if the closure went from temporary to permanent and ANPR monitored.
Would be shocked if the council is actually monitoring pollution levels appropriately in the specific areas here and expect there is no baseline level to measure positive or negative changes. I expect this is just a way of firming up a few votes. Why wouldn’t there be an accompanying push to get kids onto bikes, increase supervised walking and school bus services as well….
Please teach the children how to behave on the street. I need to use my car and I do it within the restrictions. I suggest special tunnels and ramps for the children, or more learning from home, so they don’t become a hazard.