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the council finally confirmed they are installing the new safety barriers on the bridge. i dont have words for how much this means to our family and i want to thank every single one of you for backing us. we will be keeping a close eye on the work until …

August 9, 2015

Please sign! Make Cumbernauld Safe

Please sign! Make Cumbernauld Safe

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Started by Lynn Abercrombie 11 years, 1 month ago

On Sunday the 12 th of July my nephew fell from the bridge above the underpass in Cumbernauld he's 5 years old and a typical boy who loves to climb. He is now recovering with a fractured skull and 2 broken arms, his mum and dad have also been told he may develop learning and behaviour problems. We want to prevent this happening to another child. As family we are so proud of Dylan but he is a very lucky boy and worry that another child may not be as lucky. We want the council to make this safe and to stop kids climbing. Please sign this so Dylans Mum can show how much support they have. Thanks

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Samantha Ghosh
11 years ago Featured

I hate those passes aswell my kids love to climb them so I try to avoid as much. I mind maybe a month ago a wee girl was climbing and got stuck started to panicking and helped her down and told not to climb up and but her brother went right up after I took her down

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Liz MacPhail
11 years ago Featured

I have to tell my son not to climb this every day. It's such a temptation to kids, I used to climb it myself when I was little and get the same lecture from my mum. It's slippery and dangerous and its about time something is done about it

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John mccluskey
11 years ago Featured

Being a bus driver in cumbernauld the place is full of these nasty hazards that I see on a daily basis so it's no surprise that this had happened to this poor wee guy god bless you wee man speedy recovery

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David Boyce
11 years ago Featured

This can't be the only time this has happened and at the underpasses.And definitely won't be the last. A shame that it's took a child to suffer injuries so severe

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mary clive
11 years ago Featured

I use these paths when visiting ,and my grandkids well its the first thing they want to do ,both have grazed their knees and arms ,running up loosing their footing and slipping down ,I just don't bring them with me now ,for that factor

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Marie
11 years ago Featured

The underpasses in cumbernauld are a disgrace Bad lighting and flooding plus full of shopping trolleys then you have the aspect of the climbing frame around it I have gave myself a few sore one when I was a child from them

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Mary McFadyen
11 years ago

A wee prayer for Dylan's full recovery and that safety comes first and it will be fixed.

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Ceejay
11 years ago

Poor boy I hate how Cumbernauld is laid out!!