A new footpath will be built on a “precarious” stretch of road used by hundreds of children every day.

Transport for London (TfL) says it will create the new pavement in Rowley Lane, which is on the border of Borehamwood and Barnet.

Campaigners have been calling for better safety measures on the road, which they say drivers “fly down".

The new path will provide easier access to the east side of the Rowley Bridge to the A1 Golf Driving Range and Dinosaur Safari Adventure Golf.

Last year, Ivan Norman, who owns the golf range, called Rowley Lane “precarious” for pedestrians.

He said: “It’s very good news and I am relieved, because I know it will make things better for my employees and the children who come by foot.

“This will 100 per cent make things safer because people come flying down that roundabout quite quickly. There was always a worry that an accident would be caused.

“This will vastly improve matters though.”

The new 85m footpath will be paid for from TfL’s £4 billion road modernisation budget.

The road is often used by children walking to the London Maccabi Brady Centre, in Rowley Lane.

Pupils at Saffron Green School, just a stone’s throw from the centre in Nicoll Way, also have PE lessons there – but have to be taken by car to avoid danger.

In June last year, campaigners called for the 60mph speed limit to be reduced to 20mph, a speed camera and a crossing further along the road at Newark Green.

They also complained that overgrown shrubbery blocks the pavement, which ends halfway along the road, forcing people to walk in the road and dodge traffic.

Garry Hall, of Paddock Lane, Barnet, said:  “There’s no question about it, it’s atrocious. It’s impossible to walk down here freely and you run the risk of getting killed.”