School Streets Trial
A road next to a school which has been the scene of poor parent parking will be almost car free at the beginning and end of each day.¬¬
Barriers are being placed at either end of Moat Drive for an hour each morning and afternoon during a seven-week long School Street trial at Wexham Court Primary School.
The barriers will be manned by marshals and motorists who use the road to take and pick up their children from school have been asked to either walk, bike or get to school in another way.
Navroop Mehat, headteacher at Wexham Court Primary, Church Lane, Wexham, has worked with the council’s sustainable transport team Better by to take part in the first trial in the borough. The aim is to encourage children and their parents and carers to make their trip to and from school differently.
The trial began on Monday 9 November and will run until the school breaks up for the Christmas.
Moat Drive will be closed to school and through traffic at its junctions with Knolton Way and Hillersdon between 8am and 9am and again as school finishes between 3pm and 4pm.
However, the road will not be vehicle free with children, parents and carers will be urged to be mindful the few residents’ cars, bicycles and scooters using the road.
Residents of Moat Drive will still be able to come and go as they please through the manned barriers and will be in receipt of permits to do so.
Cllr Rob Anderson, cabinet member for sustainable transport and the environment, said: “This is a really exciting pilot with the school to address the problem of too many cars in this road at peak hours.
“We have seen similar schemes work in other places and the result will be a safer, healthier and more pleasant environment for everyone around the school.
If parents need to drive their children to school they are being encouraged to use the designated car park in Church Lane.
School Streets have been successfully set up in Europe and London and are beginning to be trialled in different areas of the UK.
The trial is a first in Slough and may be extended to other schools if it is successful.
Barriers are being placed at either end of Moat Drive for an hour each morning and afternoon during a seven-week long School Street trial at Wexham Court Primary School.
The barriers will be manned by marshals and motorists who use the road to take and pick up their children from school have been asked to either walk, bike or get to school in another way.
Navroop Mehat, headteacher at Wexham Court Primary, Church Lane, Wexham, has worked with the council’s sustainable transport team Better by to take part in the first trial in the borough. The aim is to encourage children and their parents and carers to make their trip to and from school differently.
The trial began on Monday 9 November and will run until the school breaks up for the Christmas.
Moat Drive will be closed to school and through traffic at its junctions with Knolton Way and Hillersdon between 8am and 9am and again as school finishes between 3pm and 4pm.
However, the road will not be vehicle free with children, parents and carers will be urged to be mindful the few residents’ cars, bicycles and scooters using the road.
Residents of Moat Drive will still be able to come and go as they please through the manned barriers and will be in receipt of permits to do so.
Cllr Rob Anderson, cabinet member for sustainable transport and the environment, said: “This is a really exciting pilot with the school to address the problem of too many cars in this road at peak hours.
“We have seen similar schemes work in other places and the result will be a safer, healthier and more pleasant environment for everyone around the school.
If parents need to drive their children to school they are being encouraged to use the designated car park in Church Lane.
School Streets have been successfully set up in Europe and London and are beginning to be trialled in different areas of the UK.
The trial is a first in Slough and may be extended to other schools if it is successful.
