A Kings Heath resident has said scenes of ‘absolute gridlock’ outside her home are an ‘everyday experience’ as she called for more traffic-calming measures in her neighbourhood. Ruth Follows lives near Goldsmith Road in Kings Heath , which is used by parents as a drop-off point for nearby St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School and Bishop Challoner Catholic College.
Ruth has told how drivers were causing mayhem on her road, leading to ‘nasty’ scenes. In a video she posted on social media, cars and vans at a standstill can be seen lining the road on the first day back from the Easter break.
Ruth is one of a number of residents in the area calling for car-free streets in the residential area, saying ‘it’s time to give a LTN a go.’ Another parent who also lives nearby, Claire Spencer, said she feared a child would be ‘seriously hurt’ unless action was taken.
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In the video posted to social media, Ruth Follows filmed the scenes outside her home on Tuesday (9 April) . She said: “The scenes in the video are nothing new, it is a regular occurrence.
“You have a lot of cars going down narrow, residential streets which aren’t built to cope with it - it was absolute total gridlock for around 45 minutes. It can get quite nasty at times, you get a lot of road rage and a lot of swearing.”
It’s not the first time parents in Kings Heath have raised concerns about traffic around schools, with a 1,000-strong petition presented to the council last year calling for car-free streets outside another primary. Ruth said a LTN would be a good step to addressing the issue.
She said: “Kings Heath is a fantastic area to live in, we have everything we need on our doorstep and it’s a brilliant community - but my children see so many angry drivers and hear a lot of swearing which I don’t particularly like. I don’t want them to think that this is an acceptable way to behave.
“The lack of forward momentum on finding a potential solution is a bit frustrating. As residents, we’d love to work with local schools to help find a solution to this problem - and they are definitely trying to help. But, for me, I think it’s time to give a LTN a go.
“At school drop-off time, we have people travelling in from across the city - an LTN would stop them coming directly through our residential roads. The majority of residents here want to give a LTN a go.”
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