New Zebra crossing due to safety concerns over infirm pedestrians

HIGHWAY planners have given notice of a new pedestrian crossing on a busy stretch of road at Lymm – due to concerns over the number of infirm pedestrians attempting to cross the road.

Rush Green Road near Sainsbury’s has been highlighted as a location where the volume of vehicles and the pedestrians using the route are sufficient that pedestrians are experience difficulties with finding suitable gaps in the traffic flows to cross safely.

This is of particular concern due to the volume of pedestrians that are of infirm nature requiring addition time to cross the road. Warrington Borough Council highway planners say the implementation of a pedestrian crossing at this location will create a safe place for pedestrians to cross the road.

For this reason it is required to provide notice for the provision of the crossing to support the scheme:
Schedule 1 – Zebra Crossing on Rush Green Road, located approximately 6m West of the junction with Reddish Crescent

The Council proposes to exercise its powers conferred by Section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended and of all other enabling powers, by the installation of a Zebra Crossing facility on the road as specified in the schedule to this Notice.
Deposited documents may be viewed on-line at https://www.warrington.gov.uk/permanent-traffic-regulation-orders or Contact Warrington, 1 Time Square, Warrington, WA1 2NT between 9am & 5pm, Monday to Friday.

All representations both in support or objecting to the proposals must be in writing either by post or delivered by hand to Legal Services, East Annexe, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1UH or emailed with full contact details to TROrepresentations@warrington.gov.uk by 15th June 2023 and all objections must specify the grounds on which they are made. Please note that all representations received may be considered in public by the Council and that the substance of any representation together with the name and address of the person making it could become available for public inspection.