CAR FREE zones have been introduced at a further 20 schools across Glasgow.

The scheme that came into force today prohibits cars and other vehicles from driving up to school gates between 8.30am and 9.15am and then 2.30pm and 3.15pm each week day during term time.

It follows an on-going trial of the zones which has seen significant reductions in traffic around six primaries.

Blue badge drivers are exempt and residents within the zones will be issued with permits that allow them to park without penalty.

But any other driver who enters the zone during the specified times can be fined £50 by police.

The phase of the roll-out was already in the pipeline but was brought forward with backing from the Spaces for People programme as part of the effort to suppress the spread of Covid-19.

The new zones have been introduced on a temporary basis.

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Councillor Cunningham said: “All the evidence we have points towards car free zones making the school gate a safer place for children to be.

"It’s always been our intention to expand the use of school car free zones as much as possible and we are responding to where interest has been expressed.

“Parents routinely talk to us about road safety and want to know their children will be safe as they come and go from school.

"The school car free zones are providing the kind of reassurance parents are looking for on road safety and they can also support physical distancing during this unprecedented time.”

The list of schools involved includes: Battlefield Primary, Blairdardie Primary, Cadder Primary, Carntyne Primary, Dunard Primary, Gowanbank Campus, Hyndland Primary, Kelvindale Primary, King’s Park Primary, Merrylee Primary and Our Lady of the Annunciation, Mosspark Primary, Parkview Primary, Scotstoun Primary, St Angela’s Primary, St Anne’s Primary, St Bernard’s Primary, St Fillan’s Primary, St Paul’s Primary Shettleston and St Paul’s Primary Whiteinch.