Road safety measures to be introduced at Swindon schools

Lethbridge Primary School is one of 23 Swindon schools set to benefit from the safety measures

A council has agreed to spend £177,000 on measures to make the roads around more than 20 schools safer.

Swindon Borough Council's School Safe Environment Zone Scheme has already been introduced near 50 schools, and 23 more will now follow.

The measures include single and double yellow lines, flashing signs, and road closures at the beginning and end of the school day.

They will be introduced mainly at primary schools.

Councillor Chris Watts, borough council cabinet member for transport, said: "Keeping children safe on their journeys to and from school is a priority."We have a lot of busy roads close to many of our schools and the School Safe Environment Programme has an important part to play in improving road safety.

"I hope that these new measures and behaviour change initiatives will see a reduction in injuries and make children and parents feel safer on the school run."

Measures to be implemented at each school will be guided by the type of roads nearby, the availability of walking and cycling routes, and concerns raised by parents, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.