The Isle of Wight Council are set to introduce new measures to reduce the speed of traffic outside more than a dozen Island schools.

The latest proposals by the IW Council are to introduce 20 miles-an-hour restrictions outside schools in Binstead, Cowes, Newport, Northwood, Shanklin, Ventnor and Wroxall. This adds to steps taken to lower the speed limits outside schools in Brading, Cowes, Newport, Ryde, Sandown and Totland last year.

The Council is proposing to reduce the speed limits outside a total of thirteen schools across the Island as part of its comprehensive package of measures to improve road safety.

The schools that will benefit from the new proposals are  Binstead Primary, Cowes High, Cowes Primary, West Wight Middle, Summerfields Primary, Newport C of E Primary, Nine Acres Primary, Hunnyhill Primary (also covers road leading to Kitbridge Middle), Northwood Primary, Sandown C of E Primary, Priory, St Catherine’s (Ventnor) and Wroxall Primary.

Isle of Wight Council Leader Cllr David Pugh said:

“The council is committed to reducing the amount of road accidents across the Island.

“We have already invested heavily in measures such as the installation of speed reactive signs which have had a major effect on reducing the number of speeding motorists.

“The safety of children and parents outside schools is paramount and we are confident these new limits will make a significant contribution to that aim.

“These measures will also be supported by the work the council does with its partners in educating both pedestrians and motorists and by the other physical engineering steps we are, and will be, undertaking.”

The council announced a major raft of road safety schemes as part of its One Island programme of schemes to make a positive difference to life on the Island.

Cllr Tim Hunter-Henderson, IW Council cabinet member for environment and neighbourhoods, said:

“It is clear from consulting residents that road safety is a matter of huge importance as far as Islanders are concerned.

“The council shares that view and will continue to take steps, wherever possible, to help reduce the number of accidents on Island roads.”

The proposals can be found on the council’s website, HERE: www.iwight.com (or see list below)

Anyone wishing to make comments can send them in writing to Road Safety and Traffic Management, Engineering Services, Enterprise House, St Cross Business Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5WB no later than 12 noon on Friday 24 October

A list of the proposals and the roads involved is below.

Binstead

Cemetery Road, Binstead from its junction with Arnold Road to a point 85.5 metres north thereof.
Coniston Avenue, Binstead from its junction with Parkway to the end of the public highway.
Gordon Close, Binstead from its junction with Cemetery Road to the end of the public highway.
Hawthorne Close, Binstead from its junction with Arnold Road to the end of the public highway.
Hazelmere Avenue, Binstead from its junction with Parkway to the end of the public highway. 
Arnold Road, Binstead from a point 147.5 metres north-west of its junction with Cemetery Road to a point 76.5 metres south of its junction with Hawthorne Close (the end of the public highway).
Sandpath, Binstead from its junction with Arnold Road to its junction with Parkway.
The Mall, Binstead from its junction with Parkway to a point 16.5 metres west thereof.
Kings Road, Binstead from its junction with Parkway to a point 16.5 metres west thereof.
Parkway, Binstead from its junction with Sandpath to a point 55.5 metres south of its junction with Coniston Avenue.

Cowes

Charles Road, Cowes, from its junction with Mountbatten Avenue to a point 30 metres south.
Crossfield Avenue, Cowes, from its junction with Ward Avenue to a point 130.5 metres south-west of its junction with Mountbatten Avenue.
Edinburgh Close, Cowes, from its junction with Mountbatten Avenue to the end of the public highway.
Mountbatten Avenue, Cowes, from its junction with Crossfield Avenue to its junction with Charles Road. 

Freshwater

Queens Close, Freshwater, from its junction with Queens Road to the end of the public highway (both cul-de-sac’s).
Queens Road, Freshwater, from its junction with Brookside Road to its junction with Camp Road.

Newport
 
Albany Road, Newport, from its junction with Catherine Terrace to the end of the public highway (north-west).
Atkinson Drive, Newport, from a point 80.5 metres north-west of its junction with Cooke Avenue to the end of the public highway north and north-east.
Charnwood Close, Newport, from its junction with Westminster Lane to the end of the public highway.
Collingwood Road, Newport, from its junction with West View to its junction with Nelson Road.
Cooke Avenue, Newport, from its junction with Atkinson Drive to a point 78 metres south thereof (up to and including no’s 1-9 odds and 2-40 evens).
East view, Newport, from its junction with Trafalgar Road to its junction with Southview.
South view, Newport, from its junction with East View to its junction with West View.
Westminster Lane, Newport, from its junction with Wilver Road to the end of the public highway.
West View, Newport, from its junction with Trafalgar Road to its junction with Collingwood Road.
Whitesmith Road, Newport, from its junction with Parkhurst Road to the end of the public highway.
 
Northwood

Oxford Street, Northwood, from its junction with Wyatts Lane to a point 116 metres east thereof.
Wyatts Lane, Northwood, from a point 148 metres south of its junction with Oxford Street  to a point 30 metres south of its junction with Harry Cheek Gardens.
Venner Avenue, Northwood, from its junction with Wyatts Lane to a point 23 metres east thereof.

Sandown

Grove Road, Sandown, from its junction with Station Avenue to its junction with Grayswood Close.
Winchester Park Road, Sandown, from its junction with Grove Road to its junction with Broadway.
Station Lane, Sandown, from its junction with Broadway to its junction with Grove Road.
Station Road, Sandown, from its junction with Grove Road to its junction with Station Avenue.

Shanklin

Albert Road, Shanklin, from its junction with Garfield Road to its junction with Victoria Avenue.
Batts Road, Shanklin, from its junction with Sibden Road to the end of the public highway.
Furzehill Road, Shanklin, from its junction with Albert Road to its junction with Victoria Avenue.
Garfield Road, Shanklin, from its junction with Brook Road to the end of the public highway.
Hatherton Road, Shanklin, from its junction with Albert Road to a point 45.5 meters east thereof. 
Howard Road, Shanklin, from its junction with Sandown Road to the end of the public highway.
Luccombe Road, Shanklin, from its junction with Priory Road to the end of the public highway south-east and south-west.
Orchard Road, Shanklin, from its junction with Batts Road to a point 65 metres south-west thereof.
Sibden Road, Shanklin, from its junction with Furze Hill Road to the end of the public highway.

Ventnor

Grove Road, Ventnor, from a point 74.5 metres east of its junction with Tulse Hill to its junction with Ocean View Road.
Southgrove Road, Ventnor, from its junction with Ocean View Road to its junction with Grove Road.
Tulse Hill, Ventnor, from its junction with Grove Road to a point 8 metres south thereof.

Wroxall
 
Berrymead, Wroxall, from its junction with Station Road to the end of the public highway.
Castle Road, Wroxall, from its junction with Station Road to the end of the public highway.
Station Road, Wroxall, from its junction with St Martins Road to its junction with Castle Road.
Yarmouth Road, Wroxall, from its junction with Castle Road to the end of the public highway (including the cul-de-sac no 32-40).

The schools near the proposed new speed limits are as follows:

Binstead Primary, Cowes High, Cowes Primary, West Wight Middle. Summerfields Primary, Newport C of E Primary, Nine Acres Primary,  Hunnyhill Primary (also covers road leading to Kitbridge Middle), Northwood Primary, Sandown C of E Primary, Priory, St Catherines (Ventnor) and Wroxall Primary.