Shrewsbury residents call for crackdown over bad parking outside 'dangerous' school zone

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Several children have been hit by cars outside the schools as fed up residents call for tougher measures.

in the Meole and Radbrook areas in Shrewsbury, and now a survey has found the public has had enough.

A survey carried out by Meole councillor Bernie Bentick found that the overwhelming majority of residents want parking restrictions outside Meole Brace Secondary, The Priory and Meole Brace Primary schools, as well as a pelican crossing on Longden Road at Stanley Lane. They are also in favour of fines and stricter enforcement of parking outside schools, as well as a 20mph speed limit in west Meole.

The Meole Traffic Group will be meeting at Trinity Church in Church Road on Monday, November 7 at 7pm. Invitations have been sent to Shropshire Council staff including Mark Barrow, executive director for place, assistant director for infrastructure Steve Smith, CEO Andy Begley, and service development programme manager Ffion Horton.

The community has been waiting since January for promised vehicle activated signs to slow cars down on Bank Farm Road, as well as updates on other measures.Shropshire Council said this week the signs have now been ordered.

 

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