GLOBE REVEALS LOLLIPOP PATROLS FACING AXE (From Wirral Globe)

GLOBE REVEALS LOLLIPOP PATROLS FACING AXE

10:59am Thursday 30th October 2008 in News By Justin Dunn

THE GLOBE can today reveal the full list of lollipop school crossing patrols facing the axe by Wirral Council as part of budget cuts.

They have been determined under a mathematical formula that equates the number of children to the number of vehicles over a half hour period.

The formula is not a national requirement, but is considered to be a benchmark for good practice as laid out by RoSPA, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

The sites now facing the axe by the council have “failed to meet [the] criteria” made in that formula, according to a report to Tuesday night’s Streetscene and transportation overview and scrutiny committee, which rubber-stamped the scrapping of patrols in the following locations:

Bidston Village Road/Hoylake Road, in Bidston and St James ward

Chapelhill Road, in Leasowe and Moreton east ward

Corporation Road/Lincoln Street, in Bidston and St James ward

Eastham Rake/Glenburn Avenue, in Eastham ward

Gardenside/Meadowside, in Leasowe/Moreton East ward

Grange Road West/Grange Mount, in Birkenhead/Tranmere ward

Holm Lane/Overton Way, in Oxton ward

Home Farm Road/New Hey Road, in Upton ward

Houghton Road/Glebe Hey Road, in Upton ward

Pensby Road/Ashlea Road, in Pensby/Thingwall ward

Poulton Road/Park Road, in Seacombe ward

Rocky Lane/Dee View Road, in Heswall ward

St Paul's Road/Palermo Close, in Seacombe ward

Thurstaston Road/Herberts Lane, in Heswall ward

Twickenham Drive, in Leasowe/Moreton East

Upton Road/Tollemache Road, in Claughton ward

Well Lane/Albany Road, in Birkenhead/Tranmere ward

Withens Lane, in Liscard/New Brighton ward