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BOLLARDS are now in place at a junction as part of “semi-permanent” measures to make a road safer near a school. The junction between Somerhill Road and Lansdowne Road in Hove has been closed to motor vehicles as part of the School Streets scheme, ahead of pupils’ return to the classroom on Monday. The trial closure, which has been brought in through an experimental traffic regulation order, means only cyclists and pedestrians can enter Somerhill Road from its southern end. Motor vehicles will also not be able to access Somerhill Road from the opposite end, south of the junction...

MEASURES to shut two junctions have come into force today, with bollards expected to be installed by the time pupils return to school.

Brighton and Hove City Council is reintroducing the School Streets scheme later this month. The council is bringing in trial closures in roads outside three schools in the city - Downs Junior School, Brunswick Primary School and St Luke’s Primary School- from February 22. In addition to the closures during school drop-off and pick up times, between 8am and 10am and 2pm and 4pm, two roads will be closed at one end at all times, with access for cyclists and pedestrians only. The junctions will be closed between Somerhill Road and Lansdowne Road in Hove, near Brunswick Primary, and betwe...

The entire length of Florence Place, outside Downs Infants School Grantham Road outside Downs Junior School, from the junction with Ditchling Road to the junction with Edburton Avenue Somerhill Road outside Brunswick Primary School, south of the junction with Somerhill Avenue The council said it is trialling "physical measures, to determine which model works best in the long term". Residents living in or close to these roads have been sent a letter about the measures, which are being installed on a trial basis through Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders. The restrictions will not app...