Call for new safety signs at Mid Wales bus stop
Wednesday 15th June 2011, 9:40AM BST.
Signs to ensure the safety of pupils along a busy Powys road need to be put up before someone is seriously injured, it has been claimed.
Welshpool Town Council is fighting to make the A483 road by Belan bus stop, near Welshpool, a safer place for children to wait for buses to high schools in Welshpool and Newtown. It also wants the speed limit along the road to be lowered from 60mph to 50mph.
Robert Robinson, town clerk, said he hoped “children crossing” signs could be put up.
He said: “The bus stop is alongside the busy A483 trunk road and we are concerned about the dangers facing schoolchildren who cross the road to catch buses at Belan.
“We have been calling for the speed limit on the road to be reduced for some time, as well as children crossing signs, but so far we don’t appear to be getting anywhere.
“If these children crossing signs are not erected soon then we fear that someone could end up being injured. It is one of the council’s top priorities.”
Mr Robinson said as part of the campaign the town council carried out a risk assessment to see if it was possible for children to cross safely. This showed the bends at Belan restricted visibility.
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