Tag: pedestrian crossing

The raised zebra crossing is now finished, and what an utter waste of money. I stood and watched for a few minutes on Friday 17th February and not one driver even slightly slowed down. I’m sure we all knew it wouldn’t work (except the Council). The real answer is a light controlled crossing, however, it is only normally used by

South Gloucestershire Council has started a second round of public consultation on its proposal to install a raised table road hump at a zebra crossing in Pear Tree Road, Bradley Stoke. The exercise, which runs until Wednesday 23rd November, relates to the statutory notice that the Council is required to publish before constructing the road hump. According to the notice,

Residents in Bradley Stoke are being asked to comment on a proposed raised zebra crossing to make walking to school safer for local children. The 2011 Travel Plan for Holy Trinity Primary School has identified an increase in the number of drivers failing to stop at the zebra crossing outside the school on Pear Tree Road [Street View]. Speed surveys

Parents whose children attend Holy Trinity Primary School in Bradley Stoke are celebrating after South Gloucestershire Councillors on the Southern Brooks Area Forum agreed to support a proposal for a new raised crossing on Pear Tree Road. The proposal to install a raised table at the existing zebra crossing near the school, at an estimated cost of £26,000, won through

Plans to install an “enhanced crossing point” on Brook Way, between the junction of Courtlands and Wheatfield Drive [street view], have received minor modifications following a public consultation. The proposed works include widening and extending the central pedestrian refuge island and installing a 75mm high, 6m long, raised table across both carriageways. South Gloucestershire Council says there were six responses

South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on plans for an “enhanced crossing point” on Brook Way, between the junction of Courtlands and Wheatfield Drive [street view]. The existing crossing point is to be improved by widening and extending the central pedestrian refuge island and installing a 75mm high, 6m long, raised table. A pair of ‘Children going to