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To: Doncaster Council, Ros Jones Mayor of Doncaster and Damien Allen Chief Executive
A safe crossing for the children of Outwood Academy Adwick
Erect a suitable crossing outside Outwood Academy Adwick to ensure safe passage across the A638 for the pupils who have to navigate this main road to go to school.
Why is this important?
Edit - we are now in February 2023, 7 years on from the original petition and yesterday (23/02/23) yet another Outwood Academy pupil was knocked down on the A638. Fortunately, this child seems to have escaped with cuts and bruises.
The reality of the situation is simple. There are more houses and businesses than in 2016 which will have increased pedestrian footfall crossing this road (new housing on the site of Brodsworth Colliery, Next, B&Q, Asda warehouses increasing capacity and workforce) and less people are using public transport post COVID and choose to drive to thier daily commute.
Some kind of crossing is desperately needed on this stretch of road. The council need to act now before one of these incidents proves fatal. I have changed the Chief Exec name on the petition. The rest remains the same.
Today (13.01.2016) and in November 2015, two children in two separate incidents have been knocked down on the busy A638 dual carriageway outside Outwood Academy Adwick in Woodlands, Doncaster. The situation could be remedied with a crossing, the cost of which would be far less than the potential disaster that is waiting to happen, the cost of a child seriously injured or worse. We call upon the Ros Jones, Damien Allen and council to ensure our children are able to walk safely to and from school without the risk of being run over.
