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New traffic calming measures outside Broomhill Infant School
The Star, Sheffield
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24/01/2024
New traffic calming measures outside Broomhill Infant School , parking and bad driving have been a big problem there for years.
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Hello, it's Alistair from New Sheffield Star. We're here today with the headteacher of Brookhill
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Infant School. We're here to talk about the new traffic calming measures that have been
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put outside on the road here. What problems have you been having in the past?
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Well, good morning Alistair. So we've been campaigning for a while to make it safer for
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our children to get into school. The problems that we've had have been cars illegally parking,
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especially at drop-off and pick-up times from school. The road is very narrow, there are
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parking bays on the road as well, so it makes it really difficult when people are illegally
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parked for children to see round the cars, and especially parents that have children
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in boggies, to see round and get safely across the road. So that's the reason why we campaigned
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for some help.
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What are we going to see rolled out in the next couple of months?
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So I got in touch with Adeel Zahman from Sheffield Transport, and he has helped us to contact
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ward councillors for Roomhill, Charrow Vale, who have funded some parking signs for us,
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which we are able to put out each morning and each evening at collection and pick-up
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times. And actually, we've seen a reduction in illegal parking because of that, because
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the cars that were parking illegally were pulling up onto the pavement, but now that
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those parking signs are there, obviously they're unable to do that.
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What differences has it made today at least, since day one?
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A massive difference actually. We have had these signs for a little while, although they've
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officially been handed to us today, so we've been trialling that out, and it's made a massive
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difference. And you can see the traffic slowing and looking and thinking twice, and travelling
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round to find a proper parking bay to park in. I accept it is really difficult for some
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of our parents to drop off and pick up times, I understand that, but our main goal here
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is to keep our children safe.
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Thank you. It's Alistair from Sheffield Star. We're just asking people about the new traffic
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car. We're just down here by Brookville Infant School. What was it like beforehand?
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Chaotic. Previously, there were a lot of cars that came along this stretch of road. I know
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it's difficult for people to park, but it would be nice if there weren't as many cars.
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Was it as bad as dodging between, or was it just a bit of a traffic jam each morning?
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Yeah, it's a combination of the idling cars, that was one right here, and the pollution,
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but also just the sheer density, really.
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I imagine you walked to school yourself?
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Yeah, we walked to school. We're not far from it. I'm lucky enough to be in a position where
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I don't have to race off elsewhere.
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Is there any more you'd like to see done?
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Yeah, I mean the school streets should be across the city really, as much as we can
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campaign for. I understand this is a thorough road, but it's become a bit of a rat run for
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many.
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