Issue - meetings
Allaway Avenue / Castle View Academy Zebra Crossing
Meeting: 15/11/2018 - Cabinet Member for Traffic & Transportation (Item 38)
38 Safer Routes to School - Allaway Avenue (Castle View Academy) Zebra Crossing 
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The purpose of the report by the Director of Regeneration is to consider the responses to the public consultation regarding the proposals to implement a zebra crossing and associated traffic calming facilities outside Castle View Academy on Allaway Avenue, Paulsgrove.
RECOMMENDED that the zebra crossing and associated traffic calming adjacent to Castle View Academy, Allaway Avenue, is implemented as proposed.
Additional documents:
Decision:
that the zebra crossing and associated traffic calming adjacent to Castle View Academy, Allaway Avenue, be implemented as proposed.
Minutes:
Paul Darlow, Traffic & Network Manager, presented the report and explained the background for the need for a safe crossing for pupils due to the rebuilding and re-siting of the school. In response to a question he clarified that there had been 3 objections initially, with Portsmouth Cycle Forum withdrawing theirs, and the care home referred to was not in the vicinity of the crossing.
Councillor Stagg, as Cabinet Member, believed that the safety of children was paramount and this was echoed by Councillor Chowdhury.
DECISION: that the zebra crossing and associated traffic calming adjacent to Castle View Academy, Allaway Avenue, be implemented as proposed.