New road safety measures could be put in place around a Stockport school in a bid to get more pupils walking and cycling to lessons. Proposals for a traffic calming scheme at Hursthead Infant and Junior Schools, in Cheadle Hulme, include new crossings, update signage and additional parking restrictions.
The council wants to increase the number of children walking or cycling to school in order to reduce congestion, improve air quality and boost people’s health. To make these activities as safe as possible, road safety specialists have been working on ways to tackle the ‘key concerns’ raised by schools and councillors.
The team has come up with a package of measures to ‘reduce the impact of inconsiderate parking’ around the Kirkstead Road school, and alert drivers that children are likely to be crossing the road in the area.
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