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Ref: 247/06       5 July 2006

Tarporley Church Of England Primary School Pupils Benefit From Highway Scheme

Parents and carers of children who attend Tarporley Church of England Primary School have benefited from a £32,000 highway improvement scheme.

Part of the County Council funding involved installing a gate on the school boundary with the Royal British Legion’s Club car park.

Now parents and carers can park in the British Legion’s car park, off the High Street, to easily drop off and collect children from the school as well as ease congestion outside the school gates on Park Road.

Headteacher Richard Coates said: “The gate relieves the parking and congestion on Park Road and provides a safe drop off point.

“The new gate also gives us the opportunity of further developing the area known as The Orchard.

“We are going to resurface the path that leads from the gate through the Orchard and onto the playground, reinstate the pond and plant up the surrounding areas.”

The junction at the High Street and Birch Heath has been remodelled for greater visibility.

And a bus stop has been moved and replaced with a modern facility and raised ‘bus stop’ type kerbs have been added for low level buses.

At the same time the extent of the speed limit through the village was amended and enhanced by installing new appropriate signing and road lining.

The County Council and their contractor Edmund Nuttall, Parish Council, the School, British Legion and others have worked closely on this project.
Local Eddisbury County Councillor Andrew Needham, Executive member for Environment said: “The scheme has proved very popular, especially the gate.

“More parents and carers can park in the British Legion car park and then walk the short distance to school.”

British Legion Branch Secretary Ernest Butcher said: “We are only too pleased to go along with this.

“We could see the sense of the scheme, particularly for the parents and children, and have co-operated to make a much safer access to the school.”

For further information view our Highways web pages.

Photo Caption: Cheshire County Councillor Andrew Needham and Headteacher Richard Coates welcome children and parents using the new gate to get to and from school.

Note To Editors: For more information please contact County Councillor Needham on 01829 732444, Kevin Day, Principal Engineer on 01244 603678, Headteacher Richard Coates on 01829 732348 and Ernest Butcher from the Royal British Legion on 01829 732704.