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Kids get their crossing

Kids get their crossing

WORK has started on a $340,000 puffin crossing on Guildford Road, following years of complaints from locals that school children are unable to cross the road safely.

A puffin crossing has lights that turn green for motorists only when infrared detects no pedestrians are on the crossing.

Guildford Road is so dangerous that several parents stopped walking their kids to Bayswater and St Columba’s primary schools and drove the short distance instead.

• Cr Stephanie Coates beside the under-construction puffin crossing in Bayswater. Photo by Matthew Dwyer
• Cr Stephanie Coates beside the under-construction puffin crossing in Bayswater. Photo by Matthew Dwyer

The Barnett government has contributed $200,000, and Bayswater council $140,000, to the crossing between Leake and Robert Streets.

“It is a great win for the local community who have been fighting for this for a long time,” says Cr Stepahnie Coates, who’d lobbied for the crossing.

“Thanks must go to the local school P&C presidents at the time — Steph Bailey, Tara Savage and Andrew Mack, and also to mayor Sylvan Albert for his role in liaising with the state government.”

by STEPHEN POLLOCK

903 Memory Lane 10x3

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2 responses to “Kids get their crossing”

  1. Melia Avatar
    Melia

    This spot has been dangerous for a long time! My grandfather lost his life near that spot in 1964.

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  2. weirdunclebob Avatar
    weirdunclebob

    We could do with one on Beaufort St near the 2nd Ave shops, too. Perhaps where the school crossing is opposite the Dispensary. I know quite a few less able people who have trouble crossing there to get their scrips filled or do their shopping. It’s always busy when I cross either walking or driving and it’s a long slog up to the lights at Central and back (someone actually suggested we do that instead!).

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