Peterborough primary school to get new crossing in time for start of 2026/27 school year
A Peterborough primary school will have a new safe crossing in place in time for the start of the new term in September.
The new crossing will be created on Eastfield Road outside Newark Hill Primary Academy 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 a recent decision to cease crossing patrols at three schools.
Newark Hill, Eye Primary, Werrington and Old Fletton primary school sall saw the service cut as part of the 2024/25 budget at a saving of £39,000 a year.
Since then, the council has reinstated the school crossing patrol service in Eye until a permanent zebra crossing is installed by developer Allison Homes as part of the building of hundreds of new homes. This came after a successful petition from parent Katie Berry.
Upgraded signage and 20mph zone outside Werrington school has also been planned.
Speaking about the upgrades when they were approved,
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.”
Lewis Banks, transport and environment manager at the council, added that there was a dedicated road safety officer who visits all schools to deliver road safety education.
“As part of this process we have reached out a number of times to those schools as well to offer enhanced services which I believe some of the schools, if not all of them, have taken.”