Denbighshire County Council’s programme of road improvements outside the county’s schools is nearing completion.
In 2007, the Council reviewed accident data and carried out speed surveys in areas surrounding all of the county’s schools. Based on this information, 23 sites were selected and these were ranked in priority order based on numbers of existing accidents and existing traffic speeds.
Work was then carried out to identify potential measures that could be implemented at each location to improve safety. These works were then developed into a programme which the Council has been implementing over the past four years.
Some of the measures that have been introduced include a part time 20 mph speed limit outside Rhyl High School and a new puffin pedestrian crossing outside Denbigh High School.
The latest schemes have been designed for speed management works outside Ysgol Bro Famau (Llanarmon yn Iâl), Ysgol Twm o’r Nant and Ysgol Frongoch (Denbigh) and Ysgol Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd.
Councillor Sharon Frobisher, Cabinet Lead Member for Environment, said: “The Speed Management Outside Schools project has been successful and to date, 19 of the sites have been treated and the remaining four are due to be implemented in the coming months.
“It is then proposed that the data collection exercise will then be repeated. This will assist with the on-going monitoring of the schemes that have been implemented and to also potentially identify new sites for future works”.
The Council has been successful in securing funding from a variety of sources to implement the various schemes. Examples of these funding sources include the Welsh Government’s Safer Routes in the Community and Local Road Safety Grants initiatives.
Improving roads continues to be one of the Council’s key priorities.
