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To: Hackney Council
Improve Road Safety in Stamford Hill
Take action to improve road safety in the Dunsmure, Holmleigh and Fairholt Roads area through traffic calming measures and enforcement of regulations on speeding, parking and mobile phone use whilst driving.
Why is this important?
The volume of traffic and the behaviour of drivers in the area is placing cyclists and pedestrians, particularly children, in danger. There are two schools in the area; St Thomas Abney School on Fairholt Road and Holmleigh School on Dunsmure/Holmleigh Road. The roads are used as rat runs by motorists trying to avoid main thoroughfares. Cars travel at speed and ignore crossings. This is compounded by double parking which clogs up the streets resulting in more erratic driving and difficulties for people crossing the roads. Holmleigh School has no crossing guards to help children cross the roads safely and the crossing guards at St Thomas Abney receive regular abuse from drivers.
Two children have been injured in the last 18 months and several cyclists have been knocked from their bikes. We need the council to take action before someone is killed.
Examples can be seen at this link in the Hackney Gazette. http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/parents-and-kids-protest-outside-school-over-horrifying-driving-in-stamford-hill-1-5294149
