Control The Traffic at Middleton Parish - let's go ONE WAY to HELP OUR DAY!
Our School Councillors are on a mission to address the ongoing traffic problem at the beginning & end of the school day at Middleton Parish Church School. Springfield Road is a narrow road with heavy traffic in the morning and at the end of the school day with over 400 families dropping off and collecting their children. Traffic is moving in both directions with no space to pull in due to necessary resident parking on the other side of the road.
We desperately need Springfield Road to be one-way at the start and the end of the school day for the safety of the children at Middleton Parish Church School. Either that, or some other other solution needs to be found.
This has been an ongoing problem for years and Rochdale Council need to take action now!
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Reached 250 supporters
January 15, 2024
January 7, 2024
I have been reviewing the accounts shared in the comments regarding the congestion on Springfield Road. These personal stories confirm that the current traffic situation poses an ongoing risk to our children. I am currently finalizing a formal inquiry to deliver to the local council regarding potential safety alternatives.
Reached 100 supporters
December 6, 2023
106 Comments
I live close to a primary school and the road has recently been made into a one way system, which has made a massive improvement! Hopefully the same can be done at Parish!
It’s horrendous on drop off and pick up I’m glad I only live round the corner but some of things I been seen such as abuse being shouted at the people that live on the school street and also I witness a parent go into one of the billiards to turn around and go the opposite way
I suffer with trauma and anxiety this doesn't help me when dropping the kids off at school then we struggle to cross the road as there 2 cars that always block outside school going different directions then there a que both ways kids get upset as then they arrive in school LATE because of the drivers
Major issues for years. Obstructions, road rage etc. Vehicles block the roads including side roads. They park on pavements and corners so that often even a single person cannot walk through a gap. Parents with trolleys have to walk on the road to turn onto Cleworth Road at the risk of the oncoming traffic etc etc etc
This has been ongoing for many yrs with the parking of vehicles at drop off and pick up. Surprisingly no serious accidents. Something needs to be done before someone is killed. My own children attended this school and now my Grandchildren and always been a issue
The problem is due to parents parking on the road / pavement outside the residents homes, the residents can’t get off their drives to park on the road because their drives are blocked
Please make our streets safe sooner rather than later
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Control The Traffic at Middleton Parish - let's go ONE WAY to HELP OUR DAY!
Our School Councillors are on a mission to address the ongoing traffic problem at the beginning & end of the school day at Middleton Parish Church School. Springfield Road is a narrow road with heavy traffic in the morning and at the end of the school day with over 400 families dropping off and collecting their children. Traffic is moving in both directions with no space to pull in due to necessary resident parking on the other side of the road.
We desperately need Springfield Road to be one-way at the start and the end of the school day for the safety of the children at Middleton Parish Church School. Either that, or some other other solution needs to be found.
This has been an ongoing problem for years and Rochdale Council need to take action now!
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 15, 2024
January 7, 2024
I have been reviewing the accounts shared in the comments regarding the congestion on Springfield Road. These personal stories confirm that the current traffic situation poses an ongoing risk to our children. I am currently finalizing a formal inquiry to deliver to the local council regarding potential safety alternatives.
Reached 100 supporters
December 6, 2023
106 Comments
As a resident i agree something needs to happen. But one way at certain times is confusing. Parking permits for residents only and one way all the time would be better. Maybe staggered start and finish times. A combination of schemes is probably needed
I live close to a primary school and the road has recently been made into a one way system, which has made a massive improvement! Hopefully the same can be done at Parish!
It’s horrendous on drop off and pick up I’m glad I only live round the corner but some of things I been seen such as abuse being shouted at the people that live on the school street and also I witness a parent go into one of the billiards to turn around and go the opposite way
I suffer with trauma and anxiety this doesn't help me when dropping the kids off at school then we struggle to cross the road as there 2 cars that always block outside school going different directions then there a que both ways kids get upset as then they arrive in school LATE because of the drivers
Major issues for years. Obstructions, road rage etc. Vehicles block the roads including side roads. They park on pavements and corners so that often even a single person cannot walk through a gap. Parents with trolleys have to walk on the road to turn onto Cleworth Road at the risk of the oncoming traffic etc etc etc
This has been ongoing for many yrs with the parking of vehicles at drop off and pick up. Surprisingly no serious accidents. Something needs to be done before someone is killed. My own children attended this school and now my Grandchildren and always been a issue
The problem is due to parents parking on the road / pavement outside the residents homes, the residents can’t get off their drives to park on the road because their drives are blocked
Please make our streets safe sooner rather than later
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As a resident i agree something needs to happen. But one way at certain times is confusing. Parking permits for residents only and one way all the time would be better. Maybe staggered start and finish times. A combination of schemes is probably needed