A New Wilden Primary School
Posted by labourblogger on May 2, 2009
Cedric Smith and Jenny Knowles are both Labour Candidates for Worcestershire County Council Elections for Stourport.
County council officers have announced their long-term intention to build a new primary school at Wilden, on a bigger site. Any new development at Wilden will be in the Green Belt, which “washes over” all land there not currently built upon. The new site identified is just across the road from the current school, next to the industrial estate.
We do not believe this is the best site. Wilden Lane is a dangerous road, even with a 20mph restriction in place for the school. Surely it would be better to lose a strip of Green Belt land on Wilden Top, next to Wivelden Avenue and Watchtower Road. A much safer access could be built from Watchtower Road.
As your county councillors, we would pursue the location of a new Wilden Primary School as a priority
