School Streets operate at school drop off and pick up time, Monday-Friday during term time. It is likely that traffic would be restricted from 8am-9am and 3pm-4pm.

Residents and businesses within the School Street zone can all still use the street during restricted hours. If anything, using your car as a resident should be easier as there would be a fraction of the cars on the road.

Yes, vehicles already parked in the roads before the times of operation will be able to exit.

Blue Badge holders, carers and visitors to the doctors can all still use the street during restricted hours. All exemptions need to be applied for. A School Street actually makes it much easier for those who really need to drive and park.

School Streets are proven to reduce the overall amount of traffic on the roads. For those that still need to drive children to school, we expect parking to be dispersed over a wide area rather than concentrated outside the school gates. We will work with schools to communicate with those parents to park safely without obstructing residents on neighbouring streets. Statistics prove that School Streets actively reduce driving and increase greener ways of travelling to school.

The objective of the School Street is to make the school run safer, healthier and more enjoyable for the whole community, not to penalise parents. For those who need to rely on a car for children to travel to school, they can park slightly further away and walk the last part of the journey.

The scheme would be enforced using vehicle registration mark cameras at the entrace of roads within the School Streets zone. Vehicles that travel in without an exemption in place would be issued with a Penalty Charge Notices (PCN). The cost of the PCN will be £130, which will be reduced to £65 if paid within 14 days.

Although this might make traffic flow more freely, this in turn would encourage more people to drive down the road. The only way to reduce cars is to put restrictions in place.