Leigh school raised concerns around parents driving echo-news.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from echo-news.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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West Leigh Infants has become the latest school in Southend to stop motorists driving down nearby roads at the start and end of the day. It forms part of a Schools Street scheme which is aimed at making roads around schools both safer and healthier. The scheme is being funded through the Department for Transport (DfT) Emergency Active Travel Funding and has also been adopted by Greenways School and Leigh North Street. It essentially sees roads near to the schools shut to all traffic except residents and school staff at drop off and pick up times. Southend Council trained school staff – known as School Street Marshals – set up and remove the School Street barriers each morning and afternoon.