Paper petition details

In busy times it is difficult to cross the High Road to get to shops (particularly on a winters evening at rush hour) . In crossing from the West Side a pedestrian looks to see if the lights are red and that the flow of vehicles has stopped. And there is a hazard of more vehicles coming even after the lights are red.

At this point one looks to the left to see if there is a clear safety distance to cross against oncoming traffic. Given a short opportunity there is always the possibility of a parked car moving out into the traffic – just as the pedestrian is about the cross (And even the possibility of a southbound vehicle turning across the road to park by the shops.

The other chance for the pedestrian shopper is to get halfway – to the middle of the road- and ‘risk it’.

The distance between the two existing crossings is approximately 240 meters. Thus quite a long walk for an old person or a heavily loaded shopper.

The provision of a crossing would relieve the stress to pedestrians crossing, particularly old people, and reduce the possibility of an accident.

We the undersigned residents of this borough, request that a crossing be installed.

This Paper petition was received on 20/04/2017.

25 people signed this Paper petition.