NEW traffic orders, including parking restrictions, are set to be introduced outside various Warrington schools to address highway safety concerns caused by parents and guardians dropping off or picking up pupils.
Anyone supporting or objecting to the proposals has until April 21st to do so, see details below. The new traffic orders and the statement of reasons for each school are outlined below.
Cardinal Newman High School (Bridgewater Avenue & Worsley Avenue).
To address safety concerns predominately during the start and end of the school day with parents parking (sometimes for lengthy periods) and waiting for pupils. Parking occurs on footways and within the junction of Bridgewater Avenue and Worsley Avenue plus the access road to the main entrance of school (Worsley Avenue) causing congestion and masking crossing pupils.
Cinnamon Brow CE Primary School (Perth Close).
Perth Close
Meadowside CP School (Fisher Avenue & Cossack Avenue).
To address safety concerns during the start and end of the school day with parents parking within and around the junction of Fisher Avenue and Cossack Avenue which reduces visibility for pedestrians and cars blocking access to school entrance.
Dallam CP School (Boulting Avenue).
To allow extra protection at dropped crossing points at the Harrison Square junction outside the school. Existing junction protection do not extend to dropped crossing points and so parking takes place and reduces visibility for pedestrians. As a result of the extension of the school’s nursery and infant facilities a new entrance and exit was created and subsequently requires an extension to the School Keep Clear markings.
Oakwood Avenue CP School (Oakwood Avenue & Elmwood Avenue).
In order to help alleviate problems with obstructive parking and loading and unloading around the junctions of Oakwood Avenue with Elmwood Avenue, Pinewood Avenue & Ashwood Avenue and the east side of Elmwood Avenue at school start and finish time, it is intended that the authority implement a Traffic Regulation Order in the form of single kerb tabs to prohibit loading and unloading that will operate Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 9.15am and 2.45pm to 3.30pm. The hours of operation for the prohibition of loading and unloading correspond with the existing prohibition of waiting currently in place.
THE BOROUGH OF WARRINGTON (CALLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL) (ONE WAY AND PROHIBITION OF LEFT TURN) ORDER 2022
Concerns have been received about the safety of children travelling to and from the school. Presently, there are many traffic movements outside the school with parents parking with little consideration for other road users. This order is intended to ensure that traffic moves in an orderly manner, in a single direction outside the school. This order also includes a subsequent prohibition of left turn for all motor vehicles leaving the Day Centre Access Road.
Notice is hereby given that Warrington Borough Council proposes to make an Order under Sections 1, 2, 4 and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and of all other enabling powers. The effect of the Order will be as follows: –
1. The Borough of Warrington (Traffic Management) (Civil Enforcement) Consolidation Order 2018, is hereby further varied or amended as follows:-
(a) In the 3rd Schedule by the deletion of: –
NO WAITING AT ANY TIME
Boulting Avenue
(East Side) From a point 10 metres north of the centreline of its junction with Harrison Square for a distance of 19 metres in a southerly direction.
Peace Drive
(North Side) From its junction with Cromwell Avenue, in an easterly direction, for a distance of 6.2 metres.
Peace Drive
(North Side) From a point 44 metres east of its junction with Cromwell Avenue, in an easterly direction, for a distance of 20 metres.
Peace Drive
(South Side) From its junction with Cromwell Avenue, in an easterly direction, for a distance of 64 metres.
(b) In the 93rd Schedule by the deletion of: –
NO STOPPING ON SCHOOL ENTRANCE MARKINGS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00AM TO 5:00PM, MONDAY TO FRIDAY
Boulting Avenue
(West Side) From a point 22 metres south of the projected centre line of Harrison Square for a distance of 43.56 metres in a southerly direction.
Boulting Avenue
(West Side) From a point 84 metres north of its junction with Gale Avenue for a distance of 43.56 metres in a northerly direction.
Peace Drive
(North Side) From a point 6.2 metres east of its junction with Cromwell Avenue, in an easterly direction, for a distance of 37.56 metres.
(c) In the 3rd Schedule by the addition of:
NO WAITING AT ANY TIME
Boulting Avenue
(East Side) From a point 12 metres north of its junction with Harrison Square for a distance of 31 metres in a southerly direction.
Perth Close
(South Side) From a point 24 metres east of its junction with Rosyth Close for a distance of 9 metres in an easterly direction.
Perth Close
(North Side) From a point 100 metres east of its junction with Cinnamon Lane North for a distance of 31 metres in an easterly direction.
Perth Close
(Both Sides) From its junction with Perth Close for a distance of 10 metres in a north easterly direction.
(d) In the 18th Schedule by the addition of:
NO WAITING BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:15AM TO 9:15AM AND 2:30PM TO 3:30PM, MONDAY TO FRIDAY
Bridgewater Avenue
(Both Sides) From its junction with Bridgewater Avenue for a distance of 28 metres in a northerly direction.
Bridgewater Avenue
(North Side) From a point 22 metres west of its junction with Bridgewater Avenue (Access to Cardinal Newman Catholic High School) for a distance of 47 metres in an easterly direction.
Bridgewater Avenue
(South Side) From a point 14 metres west of its junction with Worsley Avenue for a distance of 50 metres in an easterly direction.
Cossack Avenue
(Both Sides) From its junction with Fisher Avenue for a distance of 8 metres in an easterly direction.
Cossack Avenue
(Both Sides) From its junction with Fisher Avenue for a distance of 25 metres in a westerly direction.
Fisher Avenue
(Both Sides) From a point 10 metres south of its junction with Cossack Avenue for a distance of 24 metres in a north easterly direction.
Perth Close
(North Side) From a point 86 metres east of its junction with Cinnamon Lane North for a distance of 14 metres in an easterly direction.
Worsley Avenue
(North East Side) From its junction with Bridgewater Avenue for a distance of 20 metres in a south easterly direction.
Worsley Avenue
(South West Side) From its junction with Bridgewater Avenue for a distance of 26.5 metres in a south easterly direction.
(e) In the 93rd Schedule by the addition of: –
NO STOPPING ON SCHOOL ENTRANCE MARKINGS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00AM TO 5:00PM, MONDAY TO FRIDAY
Boulting Avenue
(West Side) From a point 90 metres north of its junction with Gale Avenue for a distance of 43.56 metres in a northerly direction.
Boulting Avenue
(West Side) From a point 133.56 metres north of its junction with Gale Avenue for a distance of 43.56 metres in a northerly direction.
Boulting Avenue
(West Side) From a point 177.12 metres north of its junction with Gale Avenue for a distance of 43.56 metres in a northerly direction.
Peace Drive
(North Side) From a point 8 metres east of its junction with Cromwell Avenue in an easterly direction for a distance of 37.56m
ADDITIONAL SCHEDULE/AMENDED ARTICLE
(f) By the addition of a new Schedule and the following entry thereunder: –
SCHEDULE 78C
NO LOADING AND UNLOADING BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8:00AM TO 9:15AM AND 2:45PM TO 3:30PM, MONDAY TO FRIDAY
Elmwood Avenue
(East Side) From its junction with Oakwood Avenue for a distance of 58 metres in a southerly direction.
Oakwood Avenue
(South East Side) Between a point 7 metres south west of its junction with Elmwood Avenue and a point 32 metres north east of its junction with Elmwood Avenue.
Oakwood Avenue
(South East Side) Between a point 2 metres south west of its junction with Pinewood Avenue and a point 5 metres north east of its junction with Pinewood Avenue.
Oakwood Avenue
(South East Side) Between a point 7 metres south west of its junction with Ashwood Avenue and its junction with the north east side of Ashwood Avenue.
(g) By the amendment of Articles 15 & 53(a) being the addition of Schedule 78c to the said Articles.
Deposited documents may be viewed on-line at https://www.warrington.gov.uk/permanent-traffic-regulation-orders or Town Hall Reception, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1UH between 9am & 5pm, Monday to Friday.
All representations both in support or objecting to the proposals must be in writing either by post to Rebecca Lee of Legal Services or delivered by hand to the address above or emailed to [email protected] by 21st April 2022 and all objections must specify the grounds on which they are made. Please note that all representations received may be considered in public by the Council and that the substance of any representation together with the name and address of the person making it could become available for public inspection.
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There is going to be a lot of angry parents. Oh dear