Following a campaign led by Parish Councillor, Trish Philpot, with local residents living near to Hay Lane Swindon Borough Council has finally agreed to bring in better signs and an advisory 20mph zone around the crossing in Hay Lane.
Although this is short of the measures requested by local resi-dents, the campaign has pressured the council to take matters involving school crossing safety seriously.
Several years ago a 14 year old suffered life effecting injuries at Hay Lane’s crossing and his mum worked with local residents and Trish to present a petition signed by more than 800 people to bring in traffic measures to Hay Lane.