A ONE-woman crusade to get a safe crossing point outside a busy Chandler's Ford school looks set to meet with success.

Worried mum Caroline Brown, of Osborne Drive, Chandler's Ford, collected 1,000

signatures on a petition in just eight weeks after seeing problems day after day as

hundreds of children took risks in an attempt to get to Toynbee School.

She presented her call for a safe crossing point to be provided in Oakmount Road to Eastleigh council's Chandler's Ford and Hiltingbury local area committee.

She told councillors she had "serious concerns" about the level of traffic in the road which had no specific crossing place anywhere from its junction with Leigh Road to the sharp bend nearing Fryern.

Quite often the traffic heading towards Eastleigh was stationary while cars going in the opposite direction were travelling at more than 30mph - resulting in schoolchildren going between queueing cars, stopping, hesitating and then trying to get across the road.

"The whole area is a high risk for children - but also for the disabled and the elderly," Mrs Brown told councillors.

She added there was nothing to indicate the road was in a 30mph zone, pedestrians had to cross from grass verge to grass verge, motorists travelled too fast and that the lack of parking restrictions meant parents dropping off schoolchildren could wait on both sides of the road. They then used Carisbrook Crescent to turn around.

"The signs indicating the school are not sufficient," claimed Mrs Brown who also said: "I would like to know where the feasibility study on the cycle link is at."

Committee chairman Councillor Godfrey Olson thanked her for the effort she had put into collecting the signatures and added: "I hope you will find it is worthwhile. We do very much have in mind traffic measures in Oakmount Road." He added that it was hoped the Toynbee School travel plan would be with councillors very shortly and added: "This will heighten the need for it."

After the meeting, Mrs Brown told the Daily Echo she was "fairly happy" with what the committee had said. But she added: "They have got to make sure that changes take place and the sooner the better."