Norfolk County Council's attempt to create safer roads outside schools has largely collapsed, with trial schemes closing down one after another, councillors heard at the Infrastructure and Development Select Committee on 9 July 2026.

Only one school — Robert Kett — has managed to keep a scheme running, relying on volunteer enforcement. Two residents used the public question session to challenge the council on why it was not learning from other local authorities or pursuing alternatives such as speed cameras.

Suzanne Cattermole pointed out that the volunteer-only model used at Robert Kett is not used by any other road safety scheme in the country, and questioned what the council could learn from a single trial that it could not already learn from successful schemes elsewhere.

Lead Director for Infrastructure Grahame Bygrave acknowledged the challenges and told the committee that officers were already monitoring schemes in other areas and engaging with those authorities. However, he said any future scheme in Norfolk would depend on funding being available.

A second resident, Jenny Williams, asked why the council was not exploring speed cameras, which she noted can recover installation costs through fines, or measures to remove traffic from school gates entirely.

Bygrave said cameras remained an option but would involve upfront costs and would need local community backing. He told the committee that cameras were controversial, attracting both strong support and strong opposition, and that the current focus was on other measures while the situation was monitored.

No timeline or budget for any new school street scheme was announced at the meeting.