Experimental School Street coming to St Luke’s Primary in Chadderton
Oldham Council is introducing a fourth School Street at St Luke’s CE Primary School in Chadderton to improve safety and reduce traffic congestion during school drop-off and pick-up times, following successful implementations elsewhere in the borough.
Oldham Council will introduce its fourth School Street outside St Luke’s CE Primary in Chadderton after earlier schemes cut congestion and improved safety at schools across the borough.
From the start of the autumn term, traffic will be barred from the stretch of road outside the school gates between 8.15-9.00 a.m. and 2.45-3.30 p.m., forcing parents who drive to park further away and walk the final metres. Council officers say the measure will lower exhaust emissions and give children space to walk, cycle or scoot without dodging cars.
Cllr Arooj Shah, leader of Oldham Council, visited the Chadderton school on Friday to announce the expansion. “We want to bring School Streets to more schools across the borough, helping to make school journeys safer and healthier for all families,” she said. “The positive feedback we’ve received in Lees shows that this campaign is working, and we’re excited to expand it to more communities across Oldham.”
Highways staff have begun knocking on doors in the streets surrounding St Luke’s to gather residents’ views and will hold a parent meeting next month to decide exactly where cameras and temporary barriers will be placed. The council’s Strategic Transport team won the ICE North West Future Resilience Award earlier this month for its Safer to Schools audit and the camera-enforced scheme on Medlock Way in Lees, which judges called a “simple but effective blueprint for future schools”.
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