Cr Saleh said repeated calls by business and residents for upgrades to Lakemba’s busiest pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Haldon Street and Railway Parade, are being answered after concerns were raised with him about its poor condition and the dangerously fast traffic speeds.
Works include speed cushions, crossing repainted, gardens cleaned and signage on the approach from The Boulevarde to warn traffic to slow down or advise of the crossing.
Now, Cr Saleh has called for Canterbury Bankstown Council to investigate appropriate funding opportunities to accelerate the pedestrian fencing and lighting around McCallums Hill Public School, install pedestrian fencing along its frontage and improve the street lighting for the pedestrian crossing in McCallum Street and Remly Street.
He said that while the school’s drop off and pick up zone had been upgraded there was much that could still be done.
The council will look at funding options to help deliver the improvements.
“I have had several residents, including parents and families raise with me the need to upgrade the parking and safety for the kids around the school,” Cr Saleh said.
School crossing ‘unsafe’
AFTER having pedestrian safety concerns in Lakemba addressed, Cr Karl Saleh has taken up the fight for parents and families worried for the safety of students who walk to and from their school in Roselands.
