Road Safety – You Decide

One of the many meetings I attended yesterday was the New Brighton & Wallasey Road Safety Panel. New Brighton has £10K of funding to spend on additional road safety measures. In the big scheme of things, it’s not a lot but it could pay for a pedestrian refuge on a busy, wide road or maybe two Vehicle Activated Signs, the ones which flash up and tell you to slow down, which come in at around £5K each.

If you know of anywhere in New Brighton which could benefit from a VAS, pedestrian refuge, traffic calming or signage, I need to know within the next week, otherwise we’ll lose the money. I am out on tour with one of the Highways Inspectors next week, identifying suitable sites.

Obviously, any suggestions will be subject to inspection and could be affected by road width, bus route restrictions, resident objections, etc.

Please let me know your thoughts to make New Brighton a safer place.