Purpose

1. The government has provided allocations to
local transport authorities from an Active Travel Fund (ATF).This
is grant funding which supports authorities with producing cycling
and walking facilities and promoting active travel through various
interventions, the funding is in separate tranches and includes
provision for School Streets.
2. A School Street is a road outside a school with a temporary
restriction on motorised traffic at school drop-off and pick-up
times. The restriction applies to school traffic and through
traffic. Residents and businesses with premises in a School Street
are still able to access these roads by car during the restrictions
along with emergency vehicles and blue badge holders.
3. As part of tranche 4 of the ATF funding was allocated for School
Streets at The Academy at St James and Horton Park primary
schools.
The schemes on Chelwood Drive (The Academy at St James) and Dawnay
Road (Horton Park) were initially implemented on an experimental
basis for 18 months, in the form of Experimental Traffic Regulation
Orders (ETRO’s).
4. As the ETRO’s have now been in place for nearly 18 months,
they are due to expire in September 2025; both schools have
requested that their School Streets be converted to permanent
installations.
5. A variety of stakeholders have been consulted, either directly
or via street notices and press publications. The Emergency
Services and Council’s waste services have not expressed any
concerns. Ward members have been consulted. No adverse comments
have been received

Content

(1) That the Experimental Traffic Regulation
Orders for School Streets closures on Chelwood Drive and Dawnay
Road be made permanent and the Traffic Regulation Orders be made,
sealed and implemented