Melfort City Hall hears safety concerns from school principal
The Principal of a Melfort elementary school has asked city hall to review three intersections in the school’s immediate area to see if more can be done to enhance student safety.
Rodney White said he wants the city’s works and utilities department to focus on the crosswalks at the intersection in front of the school, as well as the crosswalk at Brunswick St. and Stovel Ave.
“The concern I had forwarded to city council was that a lot of the students walk to and from school,” he said, “but we have traffic on those streets literally going from point A to point B and they don’t have any association with the school.”
While safety patrollers help children cross those streets before school, after school, and at lunchtime, White said he would like to see the streets narrowed at the crosswalks, and wanted a median installed as well.