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West Leigh Infants has become the latest school in Southend to stop motorists driving down nearby roads at the start and end of the day. It forms part of a Schools Street scheme which is aimed at making roads around schools both safer and healthier. The scheme is being funded through the Department for Transport (DfT) Emergency Active Travel Funding and has also been adopted by Greenways School and Leigh North Street. It essentially sees roads near to the schools shut to all traffic except residents and school staff at drop off and pick up times. Southend Council trained school staf...

West Leigh Infants has become the latest school in Southend to stop motorists driving down nearby roads at the start and end of the day. It forms part of a Schools Street scheme which is aimed at making roads around schools both safer and healthier. The scheme is being funded through the Department for Transport (DfT) Emergency Active Travel Funding and has also been adopted by Greenways School and Leigh North Street. It essentially sees roads near to the schools shut to all traffic except residents and school staff at drop off and pick up times. Southend Council trained school staf...

Four staff, trained by Southend Council, will man each end of Ronald Hill Drive. Southend Council launched the scheme in December, with both Greenways and Leigh North Street the first to take part. Daniel Cowan, Labour councillor of the St Laurence ward, said: “It’s fantastic to see another school sign up to the scheme. “It’s for the benefit of the safety of children and the environment. “Tackling our air quality is a major challenge, our air quality is one of the worst in the country. “It’s all about a little step here and then little steps elsewhere. It all adds up...