tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758309684121714688.post4047844675553608839..comments2023-08-29T15:08:05.775+09:30Comments on Jennie Boisvert - Councillor for Clarence Park Ward: Fulll Council Meeting; May 28th 2012Jenniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458824810686127102noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758309684121714688.post-85959318139135603892012-05-30T17:17:02.088+09:302012-05-30T17:17:02.088+09:30What the Eastern Courier had to say;
Pleading fo...What the Eastern Courier had to say;<br /><br /><br />Pleading for an overpass <br />Eastern Courier Messenger,30 May 2012 <br />A FOOTBRIDGE over South Rd is crucial to ensure the safety of Black Forest Primary School students trying to cross the increasingly busy stretch of road outside their school, parents and Unley councillors say.<br /><br />They say the nearby tram overpass and Gallipoli underpass have led to faster, heavier traffic flows past the school.<br /><br />Rhianne Johns, whose two children Darian, 10, and Anastasia, 8, attend the school, set up a Facebook page to garner support for an overpass.<br /><br />"There are quite a lot of near misses, more in the last 18 months to two years since the tram track was lifted and the underpass was built," Ms Johns said.<br /><br />"Now it�s used like a racetrack.<br /><br />"Parents from the school think it�s only a matter of time before something more serious happens." Black Forest�s school board chairman Stephen Halliday said the road had been a long time concern for the school community, but had worsened when the tram overpass was introduced in 2010.<br /><br />"The game changer was the tram being lifted allowing a free flowing on South Rd," Mr Halliday said.<br /><br />A red light camera was installed at the crossing last June to help address safety concerns but Mr Halliday said more work was needed. "We�re very appreciative ot the measures that the government has taken, but in the long term an overpass is what we want." Councillors Don Palmer and Jennie Boisvert wanted Unley to join with neighbouring Marion Council to lobby the State Government for a pedestrian overpass.<br /><br />"The road has been designed as a flow-through road and motorists get into the thinking they don�t have to stop," Cr Palmer said.<br /><br />Marion Cr Tim Pfeiffer was successful in his push to have his council write to Transport Minister Patrick Conlon asking for a overpass in March.<br /><br />However, a Transport Department spokeswoman said the State Government had no plans to build an overpass because it would require buying land on both sides of South Rd.<br /><br />Unley Council was due to discuss the issue at their May 28 meeting, after the Eastern Courier Messenger~s deadline.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16458824810686127102noreply@blogger.com