A DECISION on temporary safety measures implemented on a dangerous road used by school children will be decided soon.

Temporary build-outs were placed on Rosetta Road last year following a campaign by worried parents who regarded the daily crossing of the road as an ‘accident waiting to happen’.

However during the trial, owners of the Premier Shop requested that the build-out be removed from next to their premises.

Updating members of Peebles Community Council, Tweeddale Councillor Eric Small relayed information from Philippa Gilhooly of Scottish Borders Council.

In her email she said: “There’s been a change to the set up at the request of the newsagent who asked that we remove the build-out on their side.

"Unfortunately it would appear that some drivers are reversing back to parking over the dropped kerbs, so we will need to take this into account at the end of this trial period.

“We likely have a couple of options - I think we support to retain the build-out on the opposite side from the shop. We are less keen to have the build-out on both sides as this would bring the road width firmly down to one lane and forming a chicane and bring other issues over vehicles speeding up to avoid having to wait at either end.

“What we could do is put a couple of pencil bollards on the shop side to act as a deterrent, as well as the build-out on the opposite side to see if this will stop people parking over the dropped kerb.

"It’s really sad that drivers don’t care enough to park away from the dropped kerbs but this is a police enforcement issue.”

The trial period is to be reviewed at the end of March and Peebles Community Council is being invited to have its say.

Chairman Lawrie Hayworth added: “Everyone has been working together to come up with a solution to this problem. It would be good to hear the outcome of that review before any decision is made.”

Mr Hayworth said he is also keen to find out the results of a traffic survey recently carried out on Rosetta Road.