Cumberland Council is pleased to announce that Inglewood Infants School in Carlisle will continue to run a ‘school street’ on a permanent basis.
Cumberland Council took over responsibility for the project from Cumbria County Council, which had been implemented in September 2021. In a meeting on Tuesday (1 August), the Highways and Transport Strategic Board members agreed to make the scheme permanent, with the exceptions including emergency vehicles.
As a result of the successful experimental school street at Inglewood Infant School, the traffic congestion levels outside the school has reduced, during arrival and departing times, before and after the schools open and close, and the school welcomes the permanent traffic order.
Councillor Denise Rollo, Cumberland Council’s Executive Portfolio Holder for Sustainable, Resilient and Connected Places, said:
“I am delighted that the council has agreed to make this scheme permanent. In addition to reducing traffic congestion, this will improve air quality and safeguard children from traffic accidents.
“The responsibility for parking and the safety of children rests with everyone who collects children in vehicles. It will significantly reduce school congestion, and we hope it will encourage parents to rethink their travel plans, so that they can walk, scoot or cycle to school whenever possible.”.