As the original order was coming to an end, similar complaints of anti-social behaviour were starting to increase which is why community safety partners, including Wirral Council and Merseyside Police, with the support of businesses and residents in the area, sought to renew it.
The process to extend the scheme follows a successful implementation of ANPR technology at Greenleas in Wallasey – which was, coincidentally, the very first School Streets scheme in Wirral.
The report shows an overall reduction in the number of reported collisions in which someone was injured and the number of collisions where someone was killed or seriously injured in the areas covered under phase one of the 20mph programme.
Consultation is now open on using Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera technology to restrict traffic at key times around five more schools across Wirral.
As the school term starts and the journeys to and from school return, more of our children will be travelling actively thanks to the efforts of Wirral schools to become Modeshift accredited.
As councillors voted to implement the second phase of 20mph speed limits, motorists travelling along some of those roads affected by phase one of the road safety scheme are starting to see signs of enforcement activity.
