PARENTS are appealing for action at a busy school junction they say is an accident waiting to happen.

Moulton mum Jacqueline Platt spoke out at the latest parish council meeting after mounting fears about the crossroads of Main Road, School Lane and Whitlow Lane.

"I've been down School Lane every day that school's been open in 10 years and I must have seen 30 or 40 children nearly hit by cars," she said.

"It gets no better, in fact it's getting worse."

She said the junction was too tight for the amount of traffic meeting from four directions at school times, with many vehicles being forced to reverse.

"It's an accident waiting to happen to any pedestrian that walks that stretch of road," Jacqueline said.

"Can we get some kind of backing to go to Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWAC) and fight this for the village before someone is hurt?"

Clr Allan Aston, Moulton Parish Council chairman, said this was a longstanding issue that had been looked at a number of times by the parish council, CWAC and police over the years.

He said CWAC had been asked to supply a school crossing patrol officer but said there was not enough pupils at Moulton School to qualify for an officer and there was not enough money in the budget.

Clr Aston added that the parish council was looking at working with CWAC to reduce the speed limit in the village to 20mph, but that this would cost £70,000 and the parish council would have to pay half.

Introducing a one-way system would cost more than £100,000.

Jacqueline said: "It's not so much about speed but about people getting stuck and having to reverse and manoeuvre to where you wouldn't necessarily expect a car to be manoeuvring."

Phil Sanders, parish council clerk, said in the short term the parish council would investigate how much a crossing patrol officer would cost and whether it could be jointly funded by the council and the school.

"I think a lollypop lady is the way to move forward, I think that's the one that would make a real difference," he said.

"It would sort a lot of the traffic problems and also make it safer for the kids."