PARENTS from Kelso Public have called for a school crossing removed four years ago to create more car parking to be reinstated, for the sake of students' safety.
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Laura Beinke-Knight, has a five-year-year-old daughter who goes to the school, and said she can't believe there isn't a crossing.
"My daughter's in the special needs unit at Kelso Public, and I've been really worried about her and other kids crossing the road. I spoke to the school about and they came and spoke to the class about road safety, which was great, but I really think we need a crossing.
"The school has told us we have to use the front entry, in Gilmour Street.
"I was told there used to be a crossing there, but it was removed after a child almost got hit."
She said she doesn't understand how there couldn't be a crossing on such a busy arterial road.
"A child almost got hit there about three or four weeks ago.
"I see it all the time, no one is stopping or even slowing down, even though it's a school zone."
"And the parallel parking on Gilmour Street makes it even more dangerous.
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"You can't see past the cars, you literally have to step out a little bit onto the road to see if there's any cars coming.
"There needs to be a crossing there, especially as we have to pick up from that side of the school, i's just so dangerous."
Ms Beinke-Knight said she had spoken to the school about the need for a crossing, and was told requests had been put in (for a crossing) but rejected.
She said it didn't make sense.
"It's so busy, someone is going to get hurt," she said.
Transport for NSW's Acting Director (West) Alistair Lunn said while Transport for NSW had not received a formal request to investigate the re-establishment of a school crossing at Kelso Public School, they would consider it.
Mr Lunn said the children's crossing on Gilmour Street was removed in 2016 at the request of the school.
"At the time the school reported the crossing was not being used and wanted the additional parking created by removing it for parents to accompany their children into the school grounds," he said.
The call for a crossing at Kelso Public School follows on from similar concerns raised last week at Bathurst Public School.
Parent Harun Rashid has called on the RMS to install a pedestrian crossing at the school's side access gate, used by hundreds of students. Mr Lunn said Transport for NSW will consider the request and will contact Bathurst Public School this week to discuss it.
