Significant improvements are taking place to the roads around our schools as part of a road safety project by Manchester City Council. Full details of the improvements are provided below.

The schools affected in this area are:

• Acacias Primary School
• Alma Park Primary School
• Chapel Street Primary School
• Crowcroft Park Primary School
• Levenshulme High School for Girls
• St Mary’s Primary School
• St Richard’s Primary School

The aims are:

• to reduce the speed that traffic can move around the school
• to increase the visibility of the crossing
• to stop drivers parking on or near the crossing.  

Manchester City Council says:

“We’re committed to making the roads around our schools much safer. These improvements are essential and should encourage more families to walk to school.

The improvements have been designed specifically for each crossing location, taking into account facts and figures relating to accident data and evidence from the site and surrounding areas.

We believe that these measures will make our school neighbourhoods much safer environments, and reduce the likelihood of accidents happening.”

Manchester City Council School Road Safety Projects

The council announcements are available HERE. Work has already started on the Chapel Street Primary School improvements.

If you wish to comment on these changes you can email the council at: engcp8@manchester.gov.uk

Please note that this project is not part of the Active Neighbourhood proposals currently in development that were previously badged as Levenshulme Bee Network.

What are the changes?

Acacias Primary School

• Burnage Lane / School Entrance
  • Zebra Crossing
  • Bollards
  • Guardrail
• Crossley Road and Moorton Avenue
  • Speed cushions / traffic calming
  • Bollards

Alma Park Primary School and St Mary’s Primary School

• Errwood Road / Clare Road / Buckhurst Road
• (assumed roads as specific locations not specified apart from Buckhurst Road)
  • Flat top junction/crossing
  • Tactile paving
  • New signage
  • Renew road markings
  • Tighten Buckhurst Road junction
  • Raised puffin crossing
  • Speed cushions
  • Bollards and railings

Chapel Street Primary School

• Barlow Road / Cromwell Grove
  • Tighten junction
  • Realign island
  • Signalised crossing
  • ‘No Waiting At Any Time’ markings
• Broom Lane / Chapel Street
  • Speed cushions
  • New signs and road markings

Crowcroft Park Primary School / St Richard’s Primary School

• Northmoor Road / Stovell Avenue / Wilpshire Avenue
• (assumed roads as specific locations not specified)
  • Kerb buildout to slow traffic
  • Bollards to prevent dangerous parking
  • Dropped kerbs for increased access
  • Tactile paving
  • Refreshed road markings
  • Reduced foliage for increased visibility

Levenshulme High School for Girls

• Burnage Lane / school gates
  • Zebra crossing
  • Bollards
  • Guardrails
• Crossley Road/ Moorton Ave
  • Speed cushions/ traffic calming
  • Bollards