Fears over unsafe pedestrian crossings are preventing parents from allowing their children walk to school, according to a survey organised by New South Wales Labor.Unsafe crossings stop 36 per cent of parents from letting children walk to schoolAs COVID-19 restrictions ease, around one million students have begun returning to the state's classrooms.
Transport NSW said it was working to increase the number of school crossing supervisors to 300 statewide.Labor said about 3,400 "parents, teachers and residents" responded to its school-safety survey, which asked why people did not feel comfortable letting children walk or ride to class. Waverley resident Maria Moran said she had been trying to raise concerns about her local crossing for three years.
She said residents were "sick of the bureaucracy" between local councils and the State Government over who was responsible for maintaining the infrastructure.Transport for NSW said its school crossing supervisor program was "on track" with the rollout of the first 80 new supervisors.
Or you teach your kid to cross the road safely
We have no crossing at all at busy corner near us...thrown into sharp relief when you cross every day.
FFS ABC fear fear and more fear