This petition has been reviewed and the following response has been offered:
Dear Ms Byles
Thank you for submitting the petition titled "Pedestrian Crossing at Kirby Primary Academy".
Small Highways improvements such as this can be delivered through our Local Highways Panels, (LHPs). These panels are responsible for deciding which local highway improvement schemes should be prioritised for delivery in their respective areas. The Panels are made up of County Council Members and, in some areas, a number of Councillors from Borough, City or District and/or Parish Councils are invited to attend to share local knowledge and information.
Each LHP meets on a regular basis to discuss and consider highway improvements within their areas.
Each Spring they meet to determine which schemes should be prioritised for delivery within their annual allocated budgets. Scheme requests for delivery in 2024/25 have been considered by each Panel and, unfortunately, any new requests made after this time will not be able to be delivered during 2024/25.
I understand, in this instance, that the local ECC Councillor, Mark Platt is in direct communication with you and our School Crossing Patrol Officers in regard to such concerns, to which we had a PV2 survey undertaken just a week or so ago. I do appreciate that you have already raised this with the Cllr, however the Local Highways Panel is the only team with the available funding for any such investigations/implementations and therefore this would be your only route.
Details of the Local Highway Panels can be found on our website. Please do continue to liaise with Cllr Platt for any updates.
Kind regards
Tom
Cllr Tom Cunningham C.C
Cabinet Member for Highways, Infrastructure and Sustainable Transport,
Essex County Councillor for Braintree Town Division
Email: cllr.tom.cunningham@essex.gov.uk
Website: www.essex.gov.uk