A SECTION of York’s Bishopthorpe Road will be the subject of a review by council officers, who will examine potential locations for a crossing.

City of York Council has confirmed that officers will review the area between Butcher Terrace and Campleshon Road junctions.

Campaigners have been calling new safety measures near the Campleshon Road junction for a number of years.

Cllr Ian Gillies, City of York Council’s executive member for transport, said: “Following consideration of the residents petition officers will be conducting a fresh review of the area between Butcher Terrace and Campleshon Road junctions with Bishopthorpe Road and examining potential locations for a crossing. The review will take into account the changes in the area, including the introduction of 20mph zones and following the conclusion of the current work around resident parking in the area. Following the review I will look further at any recommended changes.”

The resident parking work he refers to is a scheme to introduce residents-only parking on certain streets in the South Bank area and on Bishopthorpe Road.

Anna Semlyen, of Grange Street, off Fishergate, who is a campaigner for the York branch of 20’s Plenty For Us – a national organisation which wants lower speed limits imposed across the UK - wants to see a push button crossing installed at the Butcher Terrace and South Bank Avenue junction.

She said: “There is no crossing in that area that stops traffic. The crossing would need to stop traffic.

“My daughter cycles to school at All Saints and crosses Bishopthorpe Road. She has experienced near misses at this junction."

“The nearest crossing is near Sainsbury’s. It is too far away.”

In November last year, more than 30 protesters attended a demonstration near the junction of Campleshon Road and Reginald Grove in Bishopthorpe Road.

Parents said they wanted a pelican crossing, or similar, near the junction and suggested ‘children crossing’ signs could be installed.