ePetition details
To increase pedestrian safety in Whitehouse Road
Having lived in Eastwood all my life I am aware of how busy
Whitehouse Road continues to become. I now live on this very street
and have seen countless collisions, kerb strikes, tyre blow outs
and near misses caused by vehicles travelling too fast and/or not
paying attention to the road.
Indeed, Essex Police has regularly conducted vehicle speed checks
on this road in the last 12 months to help address the issue. This
road is used as a cut-through by traffic avoiding the A127 to get
to Rochford and beyond. I have grave concerns about the safety of
pedestrians at the location identified in (1).
The location in point (1) has been the subject of several vehicles striking the kerb in recent years (at least 4 tyre blow outs in the last 12 months, all unreported to the authorities due to driver error) plus a number of vehicle collisions. The pavement has a section of grass verge that could be pavemented to compensate the railings and raised kerb. All members of the local community use this vulnerable section of pavement; school children, adults and elderly who frequently cross at this point to access the local Morrisons store and access the number 9 bus route in Western Approaches or Cherry Orchard county park.
At the site mentioned in point (3) many children struggle to cross the congested road at the start and end of the school day to access Heycroft School since their parents park in roads south of Whitehouse Road to avoid congesting Benvenue Avenue.
Started by: Kev Malone (Concerned resident)
This ePetition ran from 24/01/2017 to 20/03/2017 and has now finished.
67 people signed this ePetition.