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Cover up row over school crossings survey Facechoice

Councillors call for immediate action by County Council Pharmacy
Freshbrook
A local councillor has at last got this information was not put time they had done the work well
the results of a secret report on before the relevant education over six months before." Village Centre
traffic usage outside Fresh- committees a long time ago so "It seems to me that the Tel: 870226
brook School, whilst another that action could be taken. County Council have misled
has accused the Highway Au- "Since the survey was taken, Freshbrook people, Th- Opening Times:
thority of covering up the facts the situation has got worse due to amesdown Council and their
and misleading the public. the opening of Windmill Hill own Education Services sub- Monday to Friday
Freshbrook County and Bor- School opposite Freshbrook committee when the progress on 9am - 1pm;
ough Councillor Simon Cordon School. The survey results are surveys at many other schools 2.15pm - 7pm
has been pressing Wiltshire clearly an underestimate of traf- was reported in May.
County Council to give him the fic flow. "Coun. Cordon was also mis- Saturday 9am -
results of a survey of traffic flow "I have written to the Chief led when he received a letter 12.3Opm
compared to the number of child Education Officer demanding from Wiltshire County Council
pedestrians on Worsley Road that crossing patrols be estab- in mid-December 1987 stating
and Gainsborough Way, outside lished before the start of the new that no safety measures were to
Freshbrook School. school year. It has been a miracle be carried out. That was the day R.T. Fancy
The survey was taken by that no serious accidents have when a Freshbrook School pupil
county council officers on 16th happened to date." was knocked down when he ran Landscape
September 1987 in order to meas- Fellow Borough Councillor out between parked cars on Gardener in
ure the requirement for a cross- Bob Pixton, who has also been Gainsborough Way.
ing patrol. campaigning on road safety "One must wonder if the acci- West Swindon
The survey showed that the around Freshbrook's two dent would have happened if the
traffic flow along Worsley Road schools, has accused Wiltshire information had been released 20 years of experience.
justified a crossing patrol whilst County Council of covering up and action taken soon after the
the usage of Gainsborough Way the results of their survey. survey was done." Turfing, Paving,
was just under the critical point "I have a letter written in May 'Wiltshire County Council Fencing,
when a patrol could be argued this year by the County Solicitor Education Services sub-commit- Planting new Gardens
for. to the Chief Executive at Th- tee at its meeting on 19th Septem- Rockery Construction,
Coun. Cordon said the results amesdown stating that the sur- ber may be considering propos- Pergolas etc.
were not a surprise. "But what is vey had yet to be carried out. I als for crossing patrols at three New gardens
surprising is that despite fre- received one in June from the points in Freshbrook, two out-
quent requests, crossing patrols Chief Education Officer saying it side Freshbrook School and a TEL: 875174
have not yet been established. I was not known when the survey third on Rowton Heath Way for
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