The council finally agreed to reinstate the crossing patrol at our school gates. We forced them to acknowledge that our children deserve safe passage. Stay alert as we monitor the implementation to ensure they keep this commitment.
February 7, 2016
Final supporters
This is a Petition for action on the safety of not only the children of our school but the safety of children all over the country.
The government decided to make cuts on school crossing patrols back in 2013, our school being one of them and to say this is wrong would be an understatement.
Great Sankey Primary School is on Liverpool Road in Warrington and is a road which is constantly used as a shortcut to not only cars, but big tip lorries who come thundering down the road on a daily basis.
Since the Lollipop Lady retired in 2013, worried parents, and the school have begged Warrington Borough Council to put in more safety measures on the road, the outcome of this being that they extended the pavements at the school gates to supposedly make it safer for children to cross as there were apparently not enough children crossing to warrant a crossing patrol or enough cars coming down the road!
I am sick of seeing near misses on this road when children are trying to cross, I have seen cars stop to let people cross only to be overtaken by some other driver who is obviously in too much of a rush to wait.
I am constantly seeing people doing u turns right outside the school gates and parking on the yellow Zigzags.
Delivery vans parking next to a parked car right near where the children cross.
And constant speeding traffic and Lorries coming down the road.
I really don't want to be sat at school one day and witness a child being knocked down.
It is about time the Council stopped thinking about money and brushing this issue under the carpet before there is a fatality here.
At the end of the day, Barrowhall Lane Primary school round the corner has not only speed bumps along the full length of the road but also a lollipop crossing too!
I have also reported this to Warrington Borough Council and had no response.
I am now taking a stand and demand that something be done to protect the safety of everyone who attends this school.
Please help me to get as many signatures as possible, and i will have the backing of Warrington Guardian and Wire FM.
I ask you to share share share, we should not take no for an answer!
EVERY CHILD HAS A RIGHT TO BE SAFE!
Thank you all so much for you help with this.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 30, 2016
January 28, 2016
We hit 100 signatures today. Post the link to your Facebook timeline and email your local representative to tell them this is the number one priority for our neighborhood.
January 27, 2016
I have been documenting every instance of dangerous driving and illegal parking outside the school gates this week. Send an email to the Warrington Borough Council directly and demand they reconsider the crossing patrol funding. Please post this link to your own Facebook page to bring more attention to the speeding lorries on Liverpool Road.
Reached 100 supporters
January 26, 2016
86 Comments
Absolutely essential; don't forget a child was actually knocked down shortly after the removal of the previous patrol! Also need one on the main road as traffic often jumps the red light. Even better idea would be to block access to the top of Old Liverpool Road, thereby removing the traffic menace; I'm sure the residents would welcome such a move.
appalling parking on the corner of Liverpool Road is creating a blind spot on the bend and even with the expanded pavement, crossing the road is hazardous.
My daughters go to this school and the road is horrendous a child was actually knocked down last year and still nothing been done it's a joke
Lolly pop people are definitely needed. Cutbacks are just ridiculous. I've noticed Padgste Lane doesn't have one now so St Oswalds children have to cross on their own. Not good enough. They should be a necessity.
My children go to this school, the amount of cars AND HGV'S that drive at a ridiculous speed down this road just to avoid traffic but endangering a child's life is a dangerous joke!! Something nees to be done before another child is hurt or worse.
Safety of the children is most important and a lollipop person is required on such a busy road.
This road is very busy and the children need support.
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The council finally agreed to reinstate the crossing patrol at our school gates. We forced them to acknowledge that our children deserve safe passage. Stay alert as we monitor the implementation to ensure they keep this commitment.
February 7, 2016
Final supporters
This is a Petition for action on the safety of not only the children of our school but the safety of children all over the country.
The government decided to make cuts on school crossing patrols back in 2013, our school being one of them and to say this is wrong would be an understatement.
Great Sankey Primary School is on Liverpool Road in Warrington and is a road which is constantly used as a shortcut to not only cars, but big tip lorries who come thundering down the road on a daily basis.
Since the Lollipop Lady retired in 2013, worried parents, and the school have begged Warrington Borough Council to put in more safety measures on the road, the outcome of this being that they extended the pavements at the school gates to supposedly make it safer for children to cross as there were apparently not enough children crossing to warrant a crossing patrol or enough cars coming down the road!
I am sick of seeing near misses on this road when children are trying to cross, I have seen cars stop to let people cross only to be overtaken by some other driver who is obviously in too much of a rush to wait.
I am constantly seeing people doing u turns right outside the school gates and parking on the yellow Zigzags.
Delivery vans parking next to a parked car right near where the children cross.
And constant speeding traffic and Lorries coming down the road.
I really don't want to be sat at school one day and witness a child being knocked down.
It is about time the Council stopped thinking about money and brushing this issue under the carpet before there is a fatality here.
At the end of the day, Barrowhall Lane Primary school round the corner has not only speed bumps along the full length of the road but also a lollipop crossing too!
I have also reported this to Warrington Borough Council and had no response.
I am now taking a stand and demand that something be done to protect the safety of everyone who attends this school.
Please help me to get as many signatures as possible, and i will have the backing of Warrington Guardian and Wire FM.
I ask you to share share share, we should not take no for an answer!
EVERY CHILD HAS A RIGHT TO BE SAFE!
Thank you all so much for you help with this.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
January 30, 2016
January 28, 2016
We hit 100 signatures today. Post the link to your Facebook timeline and email your local representative to tell them this is the number one priority for our neighborhood.
January 27, 2016
I have been documenting every instance of dangerous driving and illegal parking outside the school gates this week. Send an email to the Warrington Borough Council directly and demand they reconsider the crossing patrol funding. Please post this link to your own Facebook page to bring more attention to the speeding lorries on Liverpool Road.
Reached 100 supporters
January 26, 2016
86 Comments
There was always a lollipop lady or man at the road outside this school even as far back as 1970's. Why on earth they think in these days of more and more traffic that they don't need one is beyond any rational thinking! It's about time that these children's lives were protected for the sake of a small wage!
Absolutely essential; don't forget a child was actually knocked down shortly after the removal of the previous patrol! Also need one on the main road as traffic often jumps the red light. Even better idea would be to block access to the top of Old Liverpool Road, thereby removing the traffic menace; I'm sure the residents would welcome such a move.
appalling parking on the corner of Liverpool Road is creating a blind spot on the bend and even with the expanded pavement, crossing the road is hazardous.
My daughters go to this school and the road is horrendous a child was actually knocked down last year and still nothing been done it's a joke
Lolly pop people are definitely needed. Cutbacks are just ridiculous. I've noticed Padgste Lane doesn't have one now so St Oswalds children have to cross on their own. Not good enough. They should be a necessity.
My children go to this school, the amount of cars AND HGV'S that drive at a ridiculous speed down this road just to avoid traffic but endangering a child's life is a dangerous joke!! Something nees to be done before another child is hurt or worse.
Safety of the children is most important and a lollipop person is required on such a busy road.
This road is very busy and the children need support.
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There was always a lollipop lady or man at the road outside this school even as far back as 1970's. Why on earth they think in these days of more and more traffic that they don't need one is beyond any rational thinking! It's about time that these children's lives were protected for the sake of a small wage!