Many of you requested a pedestrian crossing close to the Waveney / Washington Avenue junction to help create a safer crossing point for children and their parents while getting to school in the mornings and afternoons.
Extensive work has been carried out to see if this was possible but due to the high number of private access driveways on one side of Washington Avenue it is not possible to install a crossing near the junction. Further work will be carried out soon to investigate an alternative solution which will see a narrowing of Washington Avenue close to the Waveney so that drivers coming out of Waveney have a clearer view of oncoming traffic and it will shorten the distance for children crossing the road at this point. Work is also ongoing regarding the possibility of an advisory 20mph close to the junction. We will update you as further information is available.