'I have been at the school for 14 years and for as long as I can remember this has been an issue - it's just awful'
30.11.2023 - 07:24
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A school is to hold a demonstration next to a busy dual carriageway in a bid to get an extra crossing patrol. Parents, teachers, and pupils from St Matthew's C of E Primary in Stretford will take part next week.
They fear for the safety of the 190 pupils from the school, most of whom walk to school from the nearby Lacey Street estate. They are calling for extra safety measures on Chester Road - a main route in and out of Manchester - which children and parents have to cross.
Stacey Cavanagh, a member of the school's leadership team and its child and family development officer and safeguarding lead, has written to Trafford Council requesting urgent action. Stacey said: "Our school family has significant concerns around the safety of our children on Chester Road. We have contacted the local council for support and requested a further patrol crossing, school crossing road signs and signage about the 30mph limits for this area.
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"Although the local council have acknowledged the concerns they have not yet considered putting anything in place to protect our families and I am constantly receiving worrying reporters from parents and carers telling me they have had to 'pull their children back off the road' at an appropriate crossing when the red light is showing for traffic, because drivers are speeding through red lights, oblivious to the crossing.
"Due to the concerns being raised we have decided to mark Human Right Day on December 8 by leading a protest on the crossing alongside our school community. We will
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