Work starts on puffin crossing near Wokingham Lambs Lane Primary School
Work has started to create a puffin crossing near Wokingham Lambs Lane Primary School after members of the community asked for extra road improvements to be built in, to safeguard residents and schoolchildren.
Wokingham Borough Council has been working on finding a suitable location for a pedestrian crossing on Basingstoke Road for the past year with the school and Shinfield and Swallowfield Parish Councils. An appropriate point near the Beech Hill junction was agreed and so work started to install a new puffing crossing at the end of March 2008.
The borough council has already improved road safety for schoolchildren attending Lambs Lane Primary School by installing a zebra crossing on Back Lane, and it is hoped this new puffin crossing will make routes to school safer for all children.
There have been four recorded accidents on the road according to the latest figures available, which run from May 2004 to May 2007, three of which were classed as “slight” accidents and one in June 2006, which was a “serious” accident, where a child was injured crossing the road from behind a parked car.
Vikki Roberts, Wokingham roads manager, said: “I’m pleased that alongside Lambs Lane Primary School and Shinfield and Swallowfield Parish Councils we have been able to find a spot for the new crossing, which will help create a safer route to school for pupils at Lambs Lane Primary School.
“Wokingham Borough Council has worked hard to ensure that residents, parents and the community’s concerns about road safety in the area have been noted and acted upon – which is why the puffin crossing on Basingstoke Road and the zebra crossing in Back Lane have been agreed. I look forward to seeing the new puffin crossing being completed to make the Basingstoke Road safer for everyone who uses it.
Work to complete the crossing will take several weeks but it is expected to be finished and in full operation in the next few weeks.
Wokingham Borough Council has been working on finding a suitable location for a pedestrian crossing on Basingstoke Road for the past year with the school and Shinfield and Swallowfield Parish Councils. An appropriate point near the Beech Hill junction was agreed and so work started to install a new puffing crossing at the end of March 2008.
The borough council has already improved road safety for schoolchildren attending Lambs Lane Primary School by installing a zebra crossing on Back Lane, and it is hoped this new puffin crossing will make routes to school safer for all children.
There have been four recorded accidents on the road according to the latest figures available, which run from May 2004 to May 2007, three of which were classed as “slight” accidents and one in June 2006, which was a “serious” accident, where a child was injured crossing the road from behind a parked car.
Vikki Roberts, Wokingham roads manager, said: “I’m pleased that alongside Lambs Lane Primary School and Shinfield and Swallowfield Parish Councils we have been able to find a spot for the new crossing, which will help create a safer route to school for pupils at Lambs Lane Primary School.
“Wokingham Borough Council has worked hard to ensure that residents, parents and the community’s concerns about road safety in the area have been noted and acted upon – which is why the puffin crossing on Basingstoke Road and the zebra crossing in Back Lane have been agreed. I look forward to seeing the new puffin crossing being completed to make the Basingstoke Road safer for everyone who uses it.
Work to complete the crossing will take several weeks but it is expected to be finished and in full operation in the next few weeks.
Wokingham Borough Council
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