Derek Deedman

Upper Beeding

Following the improvements to the pathway from Pound Lane to Monks Walk and the access to the pathway in Pound Lane, Derek Deedman asked for a survey to be carried out on the possiblilty of the provision of a School Crossing Patrol. Such a provision would encourage more children to walk to/from school from the Newland Road area of the Village.

Sadly from the survey the number of people/traffic at site met only 6.2% of the national criteria for a School Crossing Patrol to be provided.

However a Patrol could be provided by the County Council if the wages (costing some £2,500 pa) were to be met by a sponsor such as a local business, the Parish Council or the Primary School. The County would normally provide the uniform, equipment and training involved, but if the Patrol was subsequently withdrawn the sponsor would be responsible for any redundancy payments.

Derek will be raising the possibility of funding such a Patrol with interested parties in the near future.

Steyning

With the Travel Plan for St Andrew’s Primary School currently being revised, Derek Deedman has asked the School Crossing Patrol Officer to carry out a survey for the provision of a Patrol on Shooting Field at Middle Mead.

The last survey at this site in 2005 produced a figure of only 32.8% of the national criteria, but with traffic on the roads continuing to increase, especially at this dangerous site, Derek hopes that a new survey might produce a higher figure to justify the provision of a fully county funded Patrol.