Pedestrian crossing petition

More than 200 people have signed a petition calling for a pedestrian crossing to be installed on a section of road described as “dangerous” and “an accident waiting to happen”.
The change.org petition, which was started three months ago by a concerned mother, stated a pedestrian or supervised school crossing is needed on Point Cook Road near Yuruga Boulevard.
The petition also stated many school students cross at the site, which is near a bus stop on route to the Saltwater area of Point Cook.
Mother Diane Hately said she signed the petition because her children used the road and the bus stop every day.
“It is so dangerous,” she said.
“There is no safe place to cross, nor is there a pathway to walk further down to cross safely.”
Ms Hately said the area was “becoming busier and busier with increasing amounts of traffic”.
Other people who have signed the petition have left comments including that the section of Point Cook Road is “genuinely terrifying”.
“Seeing children cross this road looks like an accident waiting to happen,” another person wrote, while a fellow resident said: “I see kids every single day trying to cross that road and every day there’s a near miss”.
The school located closest to the section of road is Alamanda K–9 College, of which Lynette Jobson is principal.
“We have many students attending the college who come from Saltwater area and a school crossing that is manned would be very welcomed,” Ms Jobson said.
Wyndham council’s city economy, innovation and liveability director Kate Roffey said Point Cook Road was managed by VicRoads.
She said the state government was responsible for funding for any upgrades to the road.
“Council understands that VicRoads Metro North West Region is actively looking for state government funding opportunities to provide a permanent pedestrian crossing between Tristania Drive and Yuruga Boulevard, which is something we strongly support,” Ms Roffey said.
“Council also undertook a pedestrian survey to be carried out in this location in February this year, to provide VicRoads with data to support their requests for funding.”
VicRoads spokesman Cameron Tait said it was the council’s responsibility to decide on the location and staffing of school crossings.
Star Weekly contacted a representative for the Minister for Roads Luke Donnellan, but did not receive a response.