The roads around the new St Sampson’s High School and Les Murier special needs secondary school at Les Nicolles will become a one way system. Environment Minister Deputy Peter Sirett and Education Department Minister Deputy Carol Steere.

PEOPLE affected by new traffic proposals for the new schools at Les Nicolles are waiting anxiously to find out the Environment Department’s final decision.

Many said that they supported the possibility of a one-way system, which will replace the pedestrian safety zones favoured by the former board.   But which way the traffic will flow has yet to be decided and the residents want to be better informed than they have been.

Joe Gomes, 64, who lives in Les Effards, was pleased by the decision. ‘I think it’s definitely a good idea because the road is far too narrow to be two-way. It would have been too dangerous to come out of the school. It would have been chaos. I think they’ve made the right decision.’

Susan Drummy, 59 who has lived in this area for most of her life was pleased about the department’s U-turn. ‘I’m totally in agreement with a one-way system. There would have been lots of accidents. I walked up to Capelles School with my grandchildren once, one in a push chair and one in front, and I would never do it again. And that was before they built the school.’