To provide a buildout on St John’s Road to improve footway and create visibility improvements, by restricting parking, for pedestrians and school children crossing the road on route to school.
The Parish Council and Cornwall Councillor were concerned about pedestrian safety with parents driving too school creating congestion within St Johns Road further exacerbating the problem of not having adequate visibility along with vehicles accelerating as the road gets wider. This is a frequently crossed site as it’s on a main route too school.
These waiting restrictions have been proposed in order to prevent inappropriate parking, which obstructs the visibility of road users, particular pedestrians crossing, on these lengths of road. It is considered that implementing these will increase road safety, which will in turn encourage greater use of active transport within the local area - including to the nearby school accessible from St Johns Close.
Implementing these restrictions will additionally benefit vehicles, by ensuring visibility for those turning at junctions and preventing such manoeuvres being hindered by obstructive parking. The latter is a particular issue for wide vehicles, which are unable to continue down St Johns Road due to the current width restriction in place.
Buildout to improve footway and create visibility for pedestrians and school children to enable safe crossing.
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Department: Communities