Streets near schools in Brighton and Hove to be closed to cars theargus.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theargus.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Westdene Primary School in Barn Rise The scheme is also intended to improve safety outside schools and encourage active forms of travel, such as walking, cycling and scooting. Nine schools took part in the trial and there are currently four schools running the scheme in Brighton and Hove. Westdene Primary would join Brunswick Primary, St Luke’s Primary, Downs Infant, Downs Junior, St Nicolas CE Primary in closing the road outside school gates. The school is closing Barn Rise for the full day so pupils can take part in activities on bike safety, air pollution and active travel, the council said.
BOLLARDS are now in place at a junction as part of “semi-permanent” measures to make a road safer near a school. The junction between Somerhill Road and Lansdowne Road in Hove has been closed to motor vehicles as part of the School Streets scheme, ahead of pupils’ return to the classroom on Monday. The trial closure, which has been brought in through an experimental traffic regulation order, means only cyclists and pedestrians can enter Somerhill Road from its southern end. Motor vehicles will also not be able to access Somerhill Road from the opposite end, south of the junction with Somerhill Avenue, between 8am and 10am and between 2pm and 4pm on school days during term time, as part of the School Streets scheme outside Brunswick Primary School.
St Nicolas CE Primary School in Portslade joins School Streets scheme theargus.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theargus.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.