Making it safer to get to local Hove Schools From 2010-2013 there were 23 collisions involving 11 cyclists and 12 pedestrians, including 7 children, within an 800m radius of the entrance to Hove Cemetery at school journey times. We need to make getting to local Hove schools safer. The Councils Environment, Transport and Sustainability (ETS) Committee (on which I am still the Conservative Group Lead) will meet next on 20 January 2015. At that meeting we will be considering some measures to provide benefit to the three participating schools in the Safer to School Porgramme (Goldstone Primary, West Hove Infants and West Hove Juniors). The measures proposed are 1. Portland Road Zebra Crossing, near School Road raise the existing zebra crossing to footway level, widen it to 3.2m and enlarge the central refuge so that more pedestrians can be accommodated. 2. Portland Road Zebra Crossing near Mansfield Road (see Appendix 3) - improvements to the beleisha beacons to increase visibility. 3. Holmes Avenue - install a pedestrian refuge south of the Wayfield Avenue junction, relocating the existing bus stop further south. 4. St Josephs Close - extend footway on eastern side of the junction with Old Shoreham Road and add hatching to central reservation to direct right turns into the close. These changes should also assist the children who go to Blatchington Mill and Hove Park and have to cross the busy Old Shoreham Road to get to school. There are also plans to slow speeds near Blatch and Hove Park. Recent speed monitoring on Nevill Avenue (currently 30mph) in September 2014 shows an average speed of 28.2mph, meaning a significant number of vehicles are travelling faster. Holmes Avenue recorded 26.6mph averages during the same period. In a separate report to the same meeting it is proposed to reduce the speed limits on these roads to 20 mph. Do let me know if you have comments prior to the meeting.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:34:14 +0000