A sprinkling of good news tonight - although regular commenter HarryT will probably find some negative angle on it... 9-)
The Cabot, Clifton and Clifton East Neighbourhood Partnership voted tonight to put £5,000 towards the cost of a new pedestrian crossing on Cotham Road. Following the extension works, Cotham School is going to be using that entrance much more and one of the key drivers has been to ensure that the students have a safe place to cross.
It's useful that the crossing spans the Neighbourhood Partnership boundary as it means that both can contribute to the cost. The Bishopston, Cotham and Redland NP has already allocated £11,000, giving us the magic figure of £16,000 that's needed to make it happen. The next stage is for formal plans to be drawn up and for various agencies like the Police to be consulted. It then goes out for public consultation, hopefully in the autumn.
Quick note of thanks to Cllr Alex Woodman who put together the paper to propose the money to the meeting this evening.
2 comments:
I think this is really good -perhaps it does show the tactical advantage of having a road spanning. The work of you and your colleague is appreciated. Of course, we now need a strategy to ensure that the zig zags aren't used as short stay parking for parents -if we can't use bike racks, perhaps monty-style flower pots will work.
White zig zags are enforceable by the Police, so we'll have to ask them to do some morning patrols - they've done this at other schools. It's a serious offence and attracts points as well as a fine.
Public consultation should start around 9th August, so a chance then to contribute some ideas.
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