A WOMAN from Kings Langley is calling on residents to put children before themselves and protest against the proposed home zone scheme.

Mrs Marion Culson, of Coniston Road, is angry her road has not been included in the scheme.

She believes traffic calming measures, such as speed humps, should be introduced in the road, which is used by drivers commuting between Chipperfield and Hemel Hempstead and by parents taking their children to Kings Langley Primary School in Common Lane.

She said: "It just seems that they are waiting for a little kid to get killed. It's just such a busy, busy road. I would have thought this would be a priority with schoolchildren about."

As part of a public consultation last year, 2,500 residents throughout Kings Langley were asked to prioritise roads in the village which they believed were in need of traffic calming measures.

Coniston Road scored just 87 points, compared with 163 points for Church Lane and 120 points for Waterside.

It was dropped from the £60,000 scheme. A working group of representatives from local authorities designated the area on the east side of the A4251, between High Street and Waterside, a home-zone instead.

Mrs Culson did not reply to the consultation because she was away on holiday at the time.

She said: "I don't really think it should have anything to do with how many people reply to the consultation. I think it should be for the safety of the children. It's for their welfare, I'm not thinking about my welfare."

In response to her concerns, vice-chairman of Kings Langley Parish Council Steve Cox agreed to look at introducing measures in both Coniston Road and Vicarage Lane, should any money be left over.

Mr Cox said: "As a parent with a child at this school, I too would like to see Coniston Road calmed, but I'm afraid we just haven't been given enough money by the Conservative-run council.

"Councillors are often rightly derided for not taking notice of consultations. From the figures, it's evident that we have. We have done a consultation, abided by the results, and obviously we can't please everybody."

Mrs Culson is hoping to organise a petition protesting against the scheme.