Cameras to keep pupils safe

CAMERAS have been activated at a number of schools across Cardiff to improve safety, help pupils and families maintain social distancing at drop-off and pick-up times and encourage active travel.

The schemes will be supported by permanent signage and will have camera enforcement during drop-off and pick-up times to deter parents from parking on Keep Clear markings outside school gates.

Camera enforcement will also be activated at school streets’ road closures, where access is restricted to resident permit holders, blue badge holders and emergency vehicles.

The schools selected for enforcement or school streets’ road closures regularly experience problems with traffic and parking during drop-off and pick-up times and these measures will also help support families to socially distance when arriving and leaving school.

Councillor Caro Wild, cabinet member for strategic planning and transport, said: “The response we have received from schools, pupils, parents and local residents around enforcement plans and school streets’ road closures has been outstanding.

“As a result we have secured funding to continue these schemes across the city. These measures will ensure the safety of children and families by keeping roads outside schools clear of traffic and parked vehicles. Drop-off and pick-up times will be safer and it will allow school communities to maintain social distancing measures safely.”