ePetition - Stop the Round Hill Rat Run

Drivers often fail to respect the 20mph speed limit on the route through Round Hill along Prince’s Crescent and Wakefield Road, using it as a rat-run to avoid the junction of Ditchling Road with Upper Lewes Road. The problem has only worsened since the introduction of the new traffic system at this junction in Spring 2021. After years of countless near misses, sadly a 10-year-old child was knocked down on Prince’s Crescent on 18 October, 2021. Thankfully, she is recovering. It is clear the Round Hill rat run poses an increasing danger to pedestrians, as well as other road users. These are residential streets with many families and young children, and the rat run route is the way local children walk to and from the nearby Downs Infant and Junior Schools. The range of traffic-calming measures requested by Round Hill residents in this petition are in line with Council initiatives to promote active travel and low-traffic, liveable neighbourhoods across the city. Children in Round Hill are designing posters to launch our stop speeding campaign. What will the Council do?

This ePetition ran from 26/10/2021 to 15/11/2021 and has now finished.

171 people signed this ePetition.