More than 100 demand road safety improvements outside Stourbridge primary school

More than 100 people have signed a petition urging for improvements to safety on a road outside a primary school in Stourbridge. more

Concerns centre on the lack of a zebra crossing or lollipop lady helping children reach Amblecote Primary School safely.

Campaigners have voiced concerns over problems with busy traffic along the A491 Amblecote High Street at its junction with Wollaston Road.

The junction near the Ruby Cantonese and Lazer Quest attraction with 'fraught with hazards' according to those behind the campaign.

Campaigners have written to Stourbridge MP Margot James and ward councillor Simon Tyler in a bid to win support for their petition.

Resident and parent Andrew Richards is behind the petition which has already gathered the support of 120 people.

He is asking the council to consider installing a pedestrian footbridge to put distance between traffic and people walking to the school.

The petition - posted through www.change.org - is aiming to get 200 backers in the coming days.

Mr Richards, in a letter with the petition, said: "I'm sure any local resident will agree that trying to cross at this busy junction is fraught with hazards.

"It is made worse by the fact that it is all dual lane and becomes very congested at peak rush hour times.

"It is particularly difficult to cross safely from Ruby Cantonese over to the Lazer Quest side due to traffic coming from three directions - Collis Street, Wollaston Road and the High Street into a single lane at the point where parents and children are trying to cross on their way to or from school."

He said the lack of a pelican or zebra crossing nearby has exacerbated the problem for people reaching the school, in nearby School Drive, Amblecote.

Warning triangles have already been painted on the road surface to alert motorists to pedestrians crossing in the area.

Fellow ward councillor Paul Bradley says there is a lot of traffic passing through the junction.

"It is busy, it is a bottleneck there," he said.

Dudley Council has been working on bringing improvements to roads outside schools to boost the safety for pupils.

It has agreed to consider reducing the speed limit outside Belle Vue Primary School, in Wordsley, from 30mph to 20mph after a community campaign.

The council says it has to look at the proposals for improvements outside school on a priority basis.

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