These five Solihull roads are getting new and improved zebra crossings

Three new raised crossings and improvements to an existing crossing have been approved after local campaigns and petitions

NEWSTRANSPORT & TRAVEL

Lance Clinton

9/16/20261 min read

a city street with a yellow traffic light
a city street with a yellow traffic light

Five zebra crossing schemes have been approved across Solihull, with new raised crossings and improvements planned at locations where councillors and residents have campaigned for safer pedestrian access.

The schemes are being funded through £405,000 of Local Network Improvement Plan funding which was made available after planned road safety data was delayed.

The five locations are:

  • Damson Lane near Coppice Road – a new raised zebra crossing

  • Kineton Green Road near Gunns Way – a new raised zebra crossing

  • Moordown Avenue near Brackleys Way – a new zebra crossing

  • Widney Lane near Clifton Road – a raised hump will be added to the existing zebra crossing

  • Old Lode Lane near Mayswood Road – a new raised zebra crossing

The council says the schemes will improve safety for pedestrians using the roads, although the plans remain subject to final design and costing.

Several of the schemes follow local campaigns.

On Old Lode Lane, councillor Laura McCarthy said almost 300 people signed a petition calling for a crossing near Mayswood Road.

She said the campaign had recognised the need for greater pedestrian safety and welcomed the council's decision to approve the scheme.

On Kineton Green Road, councillor Michael Carthew said residents had been campaigning for a crossing near Gunns Way for a long time, highlighting the presence of three nearby schools and plans for a new sixth form at Langley School.

The Moordown Avenue crossing has also been the subject of a long-running campaign, with councillors saying it will provide a safer crossing point near St Andrew's RC School.

Cllr Ken Hawkins approved the allocation of the funding at a virtual decision session on 7 September.

The council had originally set aside the £405,000 because of delays to road safety data, but officers said the information had been delayed further and schemes based on it were unlikely to be delivered within the available funding window.

The money was therefore released for other priority schemes instead.

The council has not yet confirmed when work on each crossing will begin.