School Streets Initiative – Shrewsbury
- Period: 17 June 2024 - 24 December 2024
- Status: Open
- Audiences: Everyone
- Topics: Traffic management
- Type: Public
| Title of scheme |
School Streets Initiative – Shrewsbury Experimental prohibition of motor vehicles |
| Description | Introduction of prohibition of entry except to valid permit holders to allow a safe space outside of the school gates for children to safely get to school. |
| Locations |
Childrens Way, Mereside, Mere Close, Pool Rise, Ripple Close, Springfield Green, Springfield Way, Sutton Way, Wenlock Road, and Woodlea - Shrewsbury |
| Consultation begins | 17 June 2024 |
| Consultation ends | 24 December 2024 |
Shropshire Council (School Streets Initiative – Various Roads, Shrewsbury) (No. 1) (Experimental Prohibition of Motorised Vehicles) Order 2024
On 11 June 2024 Shropshire Council made an order to place experimental prohibition of motor vehicles restrictions on the following lengths of roads in Shrewsbury:
- Childrens Way – its entirety
- Ripple Close – its entirety
- Springfield Green – its entirety
- Wenlock Road - from its junction with U4701 Sutton Way to its junction with U4721 Childrens Way
- Woodlea – its entirety
- Sutton Way – its entirety
- Pool Rise – its entirety
- Mereside - its entirety
- Springfield Way – its entirety
- Mere Close – its entirety
The restrictions will operate between 8:15am and 9am, and between 2:30pm and 3:30pm, Monday–Friday, during school terms at Mereside Primary School, Shrewsbury.
Holders of a school streets permit, emergency vehicles being used in an emergency, medical practitioners, statutory undertakers and vehicles engaged in building or maintenance work, taxis and buses, Royal Mail vehicles, funeral and wedding vehicles, and motorised wheelchairs, will be exempt from these restrictions.
This order comes into effect on 24 June 2024 and will operate for a period of up to eighteen months. The council will consider in due course whether its provisions should continue in force indefinitely.
Data protection
Please note that representations received may be reproduced, stored, copied and published online in connection with the processing of the (proposed) order and/or any enquiry. Information will not be used for additional purposes without consent. Representations without a name and address will be treated as anonymous, which may affect their weight in the decision making process. Any details published online will exclude individuals email addresses and phone numbers).
Documents
Full details of these proposals may be viewed at Shrewsbury Library, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury. Alternatively, you may request copies by:
- Emailing: traffic.engineering@shropshire.gov.uk
- Writing to: Traffic Engineering Team, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate,
Shrewsbury SY2 6ND - or by calling 0345 678 9006
If you wish to raise an objection, express support, or make any other comments about these proposals, please send us an email or letter by 24 December 2024 (contact details as above). You may also ring the above phone number for more information.
Please note that, for legal reasons, objections must be made in writing or by email, and should state the grounds on which the objection is made. Objections can't be accepted over the phone.
If you wish to question the validity of this order, or of any of its provisions, on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of the act or of any instrument made under it has not been complied with in relation to the order you may, within six weeks from 11 June 2024, apply for the purpose to the High Court.