Work to begin on new crossing outside of Peterborough primary school at the end of the month

Work is set to start on July 27 for a new crossing outside Newark Hill Primary Academy on Eastfield Road, between Parnwell and the city centre.

The new crossing has been delivered thanks to the work of councillors in Park, Dogsthorpe and East ward and comes following the authority’s decision to scrap crossing patrols outside four schools last year.

Newark Hill, Eye Primary, Werrington and Old Fletton primary school all saw the service cut as part of the 2024/25 budget at a saving of £39,000 a year.

Work is expected to last four weeks and be completed in time for the start of the new school year in September.

Cllr Angus Ellis, cabinet member for environment and transport, said: “We recognise this is an important issue and we have visited sites and had further discussions with ward councillors.

“We are proposing to implement additional mitigation measures to support people crossing the road.

“These include a new school crossing by Newark Hill school, temporary school crossing patrols at Eye until the new zebra crossing is installed, and upgraded signage and 20mph zone outside Werrington school.”

Dogsthorpe ward councillor Ishfaq Hussain said: “I would like to thank the current administration for listening. All councillors in the city should agree that our priority should be the residents and their safety above all else.

"Now let’s get the rest of the improvements residents are calling for and need, including speed cameras as we have had some horrendous accidents recently and anti social driving seems to be on the increase in our ward.”