Seven schools in Stockport will take part in a ‘School Streets’ trial this summer.
School Streets aim to make the streets around schools safer and healthier for pupils and parents and encourage more walking, cycling or scooting to school and supports the aims of school travel plans to encourage and promote active, healthy, safe, and sustainable travel to school for pupils, staff, and visitors.
This will be done by restricting access to some roads around a school to through traffic and parents/guardians parking to drop off/collect pupils.
The seven schools taking part in Stockport are: Adswood Primary, Bradshaw Hall Primary, Cheadle Primary, Our Lady’s Primary (Edgeley), St Joseph’s Primary, St Mary’s Primary (Reddish) and St Matthew’s Primary (Edgeley).
The schools participating have volunteered because they have identified issues with parked cars and want to provide a safer environment, with improved air quality, and increase the daily level of physical activity with their pupils and promote more social interaction.
Cllr Grace Baynham, Cabinet Member for Highways, Parks and Leisure Services, said: “The safety of children travelling to and from school is of paramount importance to Stockport Council.”
“We believe this project is one that will help to address safety concerns outside the schools taking part and create a calmer environment where people can feel confident cycling, scooting or walking, and improve air quality by reducing congestion around school gates.
“Many families in Stockport have already made changes to the way they travel, including on the journey to school, and this project will enable even more people to adopt healthier and more active ways of travelling.”
Adswood Primary School: Start date – 13th June. Roads closed: Neston Grove – from the junctions with Rotherne Road and Arnfield Road for its entire length. Times of road closure: 8.30am to 9.05am and 2.45pm to 3.25pm.
Bradshaw Hall Primary School: Start date – 27th June. Roads Closed: Vernon Close at its junction with Turves Road for its entire length; Blossoms Hey at its junction with Chedlee Drive for its entire length. Times of road closure: 8.30am to 9am and 2.45pm to 3.30pm.
Cheadle Primary: Start date – 13th June. Roads Closed: Ashfield Crescent at its junction with Ashfield Road for its entire length and Ash Street for its entire length. Times of road closure: 8.35am to 9.05am and 2.55pm to 3.20pm.
Our Lady’s Primary (Edgeley): Start date – 13th June. Roads Closed: Old Chapel Street at its junction with York Street in an easterly direction for its entire length. Times of road closure: 8.30am to 9.15am and 3pm to 3.45pm.
St Joseph’s Primary: Start date – 13th June. Roads Closed: Fletcher Street from a point 30 metres north-west of its junction with Wellington Street to a point 86 metres south-east of its junction with St Petersgate. Tatton Street at its junction with St Petersgate for its entire length. Etchells Street at its junction with St Petersgate for its entire length. Times of road closure : 8.35am to 9.05am and 2.55pm to 3.25pm.
St Mary’s Primary (Reddish): Start date – 14th June. Roads closed: Broomfield Drive at its junction with Reddish Road for its entire length, Broomfield Close for its entire length, Broom Avenue for its entire length. Times of road closure: 8.15am to 9am and 2.45pm to 3.30pm.
St Matthew’s Primary (Edgeley): Start date – 14th June. Roads closed: Bulkley Street between its junctions with Chatham Street and Derby Street, Bowdon Street between its junctions with Bulkeley Street and York Street, Lucy Street between its junctions with Bowdon Street and Old Chapel Street. Times of road closure: 8.30am to 9am and 3pm to 3.30pm.
