Strafford Road - School Safety Measures

Overview

We would like your views on a school safety proposal on Strafford Road, Twickenham.

Concerns have been raised through the St Mary’s Church of England School Travel Plan regarding the lack of a safe place to cross the road outside of the middle site for the school.

Officers assessed conditions at the end of school time and found that parents and pupils currently cross in random locations and often between parked cars where sightlines are reduced. Concerns were also raised regarding vehicles travelling at inappropriate speeds.

In light of these concerns, we propose to:

• widen the pavement on both sides of the road outside the school to create an area with clear sightlines. This will also have a raised table to slow vehicle speeds
• upgrade the existing single yellow line to a double yellow line outside numbers 14-22 and around the junction with Haggard Road. This will help to maintain sightlines around the table and junction at all times, loading and unloading will still be permitted
• remove 3 resident parking bays from Strafford Road. However, we propose that 2 of these are replaced in Haggard Road

As part of these works, we will look to repair any footway defects in the immediate vicinity.

Please click here to view the full school safety proposal for Strafford Road.

Next steps

All comments received will be considered by your Ward Councillors and the Cabinet Member for Transport, Streetscene and Air Quality who will decide on the way forward.  

Subject to the consultation results, we would plan to construct during the school summer holidays 2018.

Have your say

Please give us your views about the proposal by completing the online survey below. If you require any further information or a paper copy of the questionnaire, please contact us on 020 8487 5294, alternatively email to highwaysandtransport@richmond.gov.uk. 

Please be advised that this consultation closes on Friday 6 July.