Willaston parents sending children to Malbank in Nantwich face a hefty £950 annual bus bill after Cheshire East decided to axe free transport.
Highways chiefs say the opening of a new crossing at the Peacock roundabout means children who live within the three-mile statutory limit now have a “safe walking route” to Malbank.
A furious headteacher has hit out at council officials who are to remove free school transport between Willaston and Nantwich after opening a new crossing.
Malbank School head John Harrison says Cheshire East’s decision to deem a near three-mile hike between Willaston and his school a “safe to walk” route raises “serious concerns about student safety”.
Dear Editor,
While I welcome the long-overdue decision to install a toucan crossing at the Peacock roundabout — a notoriously busy junction with fast-moving traffic — I am completely baffled as to why this relatively straightforward piece of work is expected to take up to five weeks.
Motorists are being warned of major delays and disruption as work to install a new crossing at Peacock roundabout in Willaston is about to start.
The work is scheduled to start on the A51 Nantwich Bypass on January 12th and Cheshire East Council says it could take five weeks to finish..
Plans for a new crossing on the busy A51 Nantwich Bypass could see home-to-school transport axed for Willaston children.
The new crossing is set to be installed on the busy Peacock Roundabout where the A51 bypass meets the A534 Crewe Road.
Dear Editor,
I am writing to express my concern following recent correspondence between our local MP, Connor Naismith, and Gill Betton, Head of Children’s Development and Partnerships at Cheshire East Council.
Dear Editor,
A parent at Vine Tree Primary school on Danebank Avenue, in Crewe has contacted me after she received our by-election leaflet for Crewe West.
She says that when they first started at the school six years ago, there was a crossing attendant outside the school to help the parents/pupils cross safely.
Cheshire East Council has so far failed to fulfil its pledge to re-paint a busy Nantwich zebra crossing – three months on since its danger was highlighted.
We revealed on August 4 how local resident Bill Pearson was told the worn away crossing between the Railway Hotel and Chic Interiors in Nantwich was “not an immediate risk”.
CEC bosses are now set to carry out works to a busy zebra crossing where markings have worn out, despite initially saying it posed “no immediate risk”.
The u-turn comes after Nantwich News highlighted the concerns of resident Bill Pearson who was nearly hit a number of times bu vehicles seemingly unaware of the crossing.
Work is underway to install a new crossing in Nantwich after months of campaigning by residents, local councillors and Crewe & Nantwich MP.
The crossing is being build on Peter Destapleigh Way at the exit from the Stapeley Water Gardens estate.
The MP for Crewe and Nantwich has written to the Attorney General calling for the jail sentence of Joshua Spender’s killer to be reviewed.
It comes as thousands have signed a petition calling for a longer jail term for William Bratton, who ploughed into Joshua on a crossing in Crewe and then sped away from the scene.
A man has been jailed for seven years after hitting and killing a pedestrian in Crewe and driving away.
William Bratton was travelling along Macon Way in a white van when he hit Joshua Spender, 23.
The new A51 spine road around Reaseheath in Nantwich is unlikely to be open until mid-summer, it emerged today.
Delays to the opening, initially scheduled for February 2022, have been caused by concerns over lack of a crossing and suitable connected pathways between the town and Reaseheath College.
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