Lionwood School children and parents want safer streets

Pupils at Lionwood Infant School, along with their parents, walked from the One Stop shop in Quebec Road to the gates of the school in Telegraph Lane to highlight the issue. 

Parents and children walked from the One Stop, in Quebec Road, to the gates of Lionwood Infant School in Telegraph Lane (Image: Submitted)

Parent Claire Brook-Scott said: "On the joint walk, my daughter almost got hit by a car reversing on to the pavement.

"The area around the school is simply not safe for children walking to school.

"More needs to be done and fast, before there's a serious incident."

The walk was to raise awareness of illegal parking and dangerous driving near the school (Image: Submitted)

Another parent, Chelsea Palmer, added: "It's shocking how many drivers dangerously manoeuvre outside the school when we're trying to cross with our kids.

"The roads outside the school should be safer."

Florence, aged six, said: "It makes me upset when people drive on the pavement.

One parent Claire Brook-Scott said on the joint walk, her daughter almost got hit by a car (Image: Submitted)

"I would like them to walk so we can be healthy and safe together."

Parent Zoe Fereday said: "There's an increasing amount of people who demonstrate unbelievably unsafe driving and awareness of others using the pavements.

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"We're concerned that one day a terrible incident will occur so we urge drivers to reduce their speed and be patient.

Councillor Josh Worley has called on the police and Norfolk County Council to do more to protect children walking to the school (Image: Josh Worley)

"It will help keep our children and community safe."

Josh Worley, Green Party councillor for Thorpe Hamlet, said: "It's great to see people taking the initiative and highlighting the problems around the school.

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"Drivers are going too fast, mounting the pavement, parking on the school zigzags and blocking footways or dropped kerbs.

Councillor Worley said drivers are going too fast, mounting the pavement and parking on the school zigzags (Image: Submitted)

"We need more enforcement by the police and improvements to road layouts from Norfolk County Council.

"The police all too often give the impression they're afraid of offending selfish drivers, while the council needs to get on with implementing measures to reduce traffic outside the school and nearby streets."

The police and Norfolk County Council were contacted for comment.

One parent says more needs to be done to keep our children and community safe (Image: Submitted)