We the undersigned petition Hillingdon Council to introduce a 20mph speed limit and traffic calming measures, specifically including speed bumps, on Rofant Road, to reduce vehicle speeds and improve safety for residents.
Rofant Road is a residential street that is regularly used as a
cut-through by parents driving to and from St Helens School,
avoiding traffic congestion on Eastbury Road. This issue has
historically been raised directly with St Helens, but discussions
with the school have not resulted in any change to the
situation.
Vans and cars are regularly speeding down the road, barrelling
into the blind bends shortly after turning off Eastbury Road, with
little visibility or time to react to pedestrians, cyclists, or
oncoming traffic.
In addition to the through-traffic, drivers are parking at the
top end of the road, near the school, and leaving their vehicles
idling while waiting to drop off or collect children. Drivers are
also often parking on single and double yellow lines at the top end
of the road, blocking the carriageway. This adds to the volume of
stationary and moving traffic on a narrow residential road not
designed for this level of use.
The safety risk this creates is not hypothetical. A cat was
recently run over during the school drop-off period and has had to
have its leg amputated as a result. There are a number of elderly
residents living on the road, as well as families with young
children, all of whom should be able to use the road and pavements
without risk to personal injury.
Given the residential nature of the road and the presence of
these vulnerable groups, particularly at school drop-off and
pick-up times, we believe it is only a matter of time before a
person is seriously injured.
We are asking the Council to introduce a 20mph schools speed
limit and traffic calming measures on the road, specifically
including speed bumps, to reduce vehicle speeds, discourage the
road's use as a through-route, and address the parking and idling
problem near the school.