Road works to improve school run safety

Work is taking place near Northwood Park Primary School (pictured) and Bushbury Nursery School

Hundreds of pupils, pre-schoolers and their families are to benefit from measures in Wolverhampton designed to make the school run safer.

They include a new zebra crossing, upgraded signs, flashing 20mph limit signs and school zone markings, with work taking place near Bushbury Nursery School and Northwood Park Primary School.

All existing road markings near the schools will be refreshed and bollards are to be added at key locations to prevent dangerous parking.

Work as part of the city council's Safer Routes to School project is taking place during the summer holidays ahead of the start of the new term.

Improvements are being made on Bushbury Lane, where the zebra crossing was being added, and Collingwood Road.

More schemes are planned for 2025/26, funded through the authority's highways capital programme.

In June, it was announced the council's Mobile Enforcement Vehicle had been upgraded with high-definition cameras to help enforce school keep clear zones and would be patrolling outside schools at peak times.

The vehicle will capture footage of potential parking violations, which will be reviewed by an independent officer.

If a contravention is confirmed, a penalty charge notice along with photographic evidence will be issued within 28 days.

This was supported by daily enforcement officer foot patrols at sites across the city, the council said.