Decision details

The Cabinet will be presented with an update on the ‘School Streets’ trial programme, whereby roads outside schools are closed to general traffic during school drop-off and pick-up times to enhance children’s safety, and will be asked to approve the inclusion of further schools in the trial programme and arrangements for making schemes permanent in the future.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Endorse the current School Streets trial projects at Becontree Primary, Dorothy Barley Primary, Eastbury Primary, Grafton Primary and Manor Junior;

(ii)  Approve the inclusion of Hunters Hall Primary, Parsloes Primary, Richard Alibon Primary, Southwood Primary, St Joseph’s Primary (Dagenham), Sydney Russell Primary and Valence Primary in the trial programme by Spring 2022;

(iii)  Approve the draft School Streets Exemption Policy, as set out at Appendix D to the report, and authorise the Strategic Director, Inclusive Growth to make any necessary changes to the policy in response to feedback from statutory consultation and guidance issued by TfL and DfT;

(iv)  Delegate authority to the Strategic Director, Inclusive Growth, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economic Development and the Strategic Director, Law and Governance, to:

(a)  Agree the inclusion of further schools in the trial programme, subject to appropriate grant funding being available;

(b)  Determine whether any trial scheme should be made permanent, prior to the expiry of the Experimental Traffic Management Order (ETMO) and following statutory consultation and a full assessment of the benefits of the scheme;

(c)  Take all necessary steps to make permanent any trail schemes, including the publication of Traffic Management Orders.