New traffic-calming measures at Pennyland Primary School
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Councillors have approved new traffic-calming measures at Thurso's Pennyland Primary School in a bid to improve pupil safety.
The topic came under discussion at the first Caithness Area Committee meeting held in the Thurso Gallery in the town's library.
Raised table features will be created on Castlegreen Road and Trostan Road to reduce vehicle speeds and create informal crossing points.
A one-way restriction, allowing vehicles to travel in a northerly direction only, will also be introduced on Trostan Road.
The design is aimed to minimise the possible dangers facing children walking to and from Pennyland school.
The call for new safety measures came following an incident in August when a pupil was knocked down by a car in Castlegreen Road.
As part of the ongoing Safer Routes to School programme, Highland Council's road safety team had been working with Pennyland to update its school travel plan. The aim of the work was to increase the number of pupils using sustainable transport for their school journey.
Trostan Road and Castlegreen Road had been highlighted as an area of concern for parents and carers which made it a barrier to the use of sustainable transport.
Funding for the scheme has been allocated from the council's cycling, walking and safer streets grant.
The project is being supported by Thurso Community Council, the ambulance service and the police.
Three objections were received during the consultation period for the Trostan Road proposals, with the redesign of the scheme resulting in one of the objections being withdrawn.
Five objections were received during the consultation period for the Castlegreen Road proposal, with three objections being dropped after redesign and the other two failing to respond.
