As a famlily living on Greenlees Road in Cambuslang, we are concerned with the volume and speed of all traffic, including Heavy Goods Vehicles, travelling on our road. Walking to school with our small children should not be a dangerous daily activity and our friendly lollipop ladies should not be putting themselves at risk Monday to Friday.
With the M74 extension now well established and the Transport Scotland website directing traffic to use Greenlees Road, which is a B road, we should take steps to make our road safe for our children. Also, you may have seen on Facebook and/or the Rutherglen Reformer, the pictures of the car crash a few weeks ago on Greenlees Road near the junction of Brownside Rd and Vicarland Rd. Luckily no-one was seriously injured but it could have been a very different story as the car destroyed a bus stop and garden wall. I originally set up this petition a while ago but I am re-posting as we have consulted Margaret Ferrier MP who is supporting our campaign and contacting SLC on our behalf to introduce traffic calming measures on Greenlees Road. The more pressure we put on SLC, they have to listen and address our concerns. I am not willing to put my kids or the kids who walk to school every day at risk anymore.
Please sign and repost so we can make SLC take notice and do something.
Updates
August 20, 2015
Talking with local officials about traffic calming measures for Greenlees Road. The recent crash near the school route proves we cannot wait any longer for action.
August 20, 2015
The momentum around our road safety campaign is growing fast. Officials are starting to take notice of our concerns.
Reached 100 supporters
August 20, 2015
51 Comments
This is the suggested route for the kids to walk to Cathkin when the school buses stop, it's a disgrace. In the winter especially when the roads are icey, I remember many years ago two young women being killed on their way to work in Hoover when a car skidded.
A few years ago on greenness Road my mother-in-laws house was hit by a car that was going to fast. It demolished the wall to there bedroom and a lot of the blocks and bricks ended up on their bed which they were asleep in at the time the fire men that attended said they were very lucky no one was seriously injured or killed. The council was going to do something then.
Greenless Road is a nightmare and not fir for the heavy lorries that hae taken to goin up and down it. In recen years it must be one of the most deug up road in Suth Lanarkshire!!!
There is a serious and potentially fatal risk to pedestrians trying to cross Greenlees Road at the junction of Brownside and Vicarland Roads.Perhaps traffic light signals with pedestrian crossing facilities incorporated would make the junction safer for children.
My family have lived on Greenlees Road for 30 years and seen numerous serious accidents including our own wall being knocked down while I was playing in the garden. Is it going to have to take a fatality for someone to react?
Constant crashes on this road for many years and SLC continue to let this happen until some one is killed and they call this a safe walking route.
Not only Greenlees Rd. I've also had a few scary moments on Stewarton Drive where vehicles are travelling far too fast on a residential street where there are lots of children walking to school. I don't understand why this hasn't been addressed sooner!
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As a famlily living on Greenlees Road in Cambuslang, we are concerned with the volume and speed of all traffic, including Heavy Goods Vehicles, travelling on our road. Walking to school with our small children should not be a dangerous daily activity and our friendly lollipop ladies should not be putting themselves at risk Monday to Friday.
With the M74 extension now well established and the Transport Scotland website directing traffic to use Greenlees Road, which is a B road, we should take steps to make our road safe for our children. Also, you may have seen on Facebook and/or the Rutherglen Reformer, the pictures of the car crash a few weeks ago on Greenlees Road near the junction of Brownside Rd and Vicarland Rd. Luckily no-one was seriously injured but it could have been a very different story as the car destroyed a bus stop and garden wall. I originally set up this petition a while ago but I am re-posting as we have consulted Margaret Ferrier MP who is supporting our campaign and contacting SLC on our behalf to introduce traffic calming measures on Greenlees Road. The more pressure we put on SLC, they have to listen and address our concerns. I am not willing to put my kids or the kids who walk to school every day at risk anymore.
Please sign and repost so we can make SLC take notice and do something.
Updates
August 20, 2015
Talking with local officials about traffic calming measures for Greenlees Road. The recent crash near the school route proves we cannot wait any longer for action.
August 20, 2015
The momentum around our road safety campaign is growing fast. Officials are starting to take notice of our concerns.
Reached 100 supporters
August 20, 2015
51 Comments
Need a barrier at the bottom of the road also to prevent cars mounting the pavement to get into left lane nearly knocked me down on Tuesday
This is the suggested route for the kids to walk to Cathkin when the school buses stop, it's a disgrace. In the winter especially when the roads are icey, I remember many years ago two young women being killed on their way to work in Hoover when a car skidded.
A few years ago on greenness Road my mother-in-laws house was hit by a car that was going to fast. It demolished the wall to there bedroom and a lot of the blocks and bricks ended up on their bed which they were asleep in at the time the fire men that attended said they were very lucky no one was seriously injured or killed. The council was going to do something then.
Greenless Road is a nightmare and not fir for the heavy lorries that hae taken to goin up and down it. In recen years it must be one of the most deug up road in Suth Lanarkshire!!!
There is a serious and potentially fatal risk to pedestrians trying to cross Greenlees Road at the junction of Brownside and Vicarland Roads.Perhaps traffic light signals with pedestrian crossing facilities incorporated would make the junction safer for children.
My family have lived on Greenlees Road for 30 years and seen numerous serious accidents including our own wall being knocked down while I was playing in the garden. Is it going to have to take a fatality for someone to react?
Constant crashes on this road for many years and SLC continue to let this happen until some one is killed and they call this a safe walking route.
Not only Greenlees Rd. I've also had a few scary moments on Stewarton Drive where vehicles are travelling far too fast on a residential street where there are lots of children walking to school. I don't understand why this hasn't been addressed sooner!
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Need a barrier at the bottom of the road also to prevent cars mounting the pavement to get into left lane nearly knocked me down on Tuesday