Councillor
Fouweather asked:
I note that the council has plans for
travel free streets near schools.
How many schools will take part and
which roads will be impacted.
How will residents be affected
especially those who need to access their car when the road is
closed.
How do you plan to manage the large
number of children who are dropped to school by parents, taxis and
bus. Will there be designated drop off points and will the school
be expected to meet those children at the drop off point to escort
them to school.
Councillor R Howells
responded:
The Council has undertaken multiple
school street trials over the last three years. These have been
promoted and advertised widely.
No such issues have been observed
during the last three years.
Residents have full access to their
vehicles during the trials and can come and go as they usually
would and there are also exemptions to the closure including carers
of residents, business owners, deliveries, school transport, blue
badge holders and emergency services.
There will be no designated drop off
points, it will remain the responsibility of parents to ensure
their children are delivered to school gates and if they continue
to drop off then they will be expected to find a safe and legal
space to park (outside of the closure area) as they would normally
be required to do.
The trials are designed to encourage
behaviour change and are also used to assess impact and feasibility
with the longer-term goal being to consider making the trials
permanent of that is feasible and appropriate.
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