Minutes for Petition Hearing - Cabinet Member for Planning, Transportation and Recycling meeting, Jul 15 2009, 7.00PM official page

Concerns and suggestions raised at the meeting included the following:

 

Lead Petitioner

 

• Zebra crossing needed without further delay to enable children attending Newnham School to safely cross Field End Road.
• Would prefer to see option 1 being implemented and referred to further crossings in Field End Road within 5 metres of a junction.
• Lack of a crossing in this part of Field End Road discourages parents walking their children to school.
• Option 1 is no better or worse than other crossings in Field End Road.

 

Other Resident

 

• Concern at lead petitioner supporting option 1 as the Metropolitan Police states that this option would be unsafe and would not be in support of this option.
• A zebra crossing is needed in this location due to the number of pedestrians crossing in this location.
• Option 2 is not a viable option as the bus stop cannot be moved.
• Option 3 addresses and resolves all the issues and would be happy for this option to proceed.
• There is an alternative option that would use the existing road island that is currently used as a crossing point and would not incur much cost to implement.

 

Councillors Eddie Lavery and Michael White attended the meeting and spoke as Ward Councillors.

 

Councillor Keith Burrows listened to the concerns of the petitioners and responded to the points raised.  He stated that Various options had been considered and discussed over a long period of time and want to see a crossing installed as soon as possible at this point in Field End Road.  The recommendation would enable officers to proceed in developing the preferred option, that being option 3.

 

Resolved - 

 

That the Cabinet Member:

 

1.