The school, which has just shy of 400 students across both campuses and is located in the middle of a rapidly developing part of town, has been at the Wilkinson Dve site since February 2018.
Despite crossings built into the kerbside, four and a half years on from its opening, the school does not have a crossing supervisor or even school crossing signposts.
The lack of crossing safety has led to one child being hit by a vehicle and countless near misses.
School council president Deborah Flett said a supervised crossing was long overdue.
“A year or two ago we petitioned to the council to get a crossing,” she said.
“There are a few further away but with the additional traffic from St Mary’s it’s quite busy.
“Council told us they submitted it to VicRoads, and normally VicRoads announce their funding at the end of July, and nothing has come through.
“Three weeks ago they said ‘we’re expecting (an answer) in the next two or three weeks’, but there’s no guarantee.
“Even once that funding comes through, it will take council eight to 10 weeks to put in posts and to put someone on the road, but we just want them to hurry up.”
The limited parking at the kerbside at the front of the school, which is also home to the Echuca Twin Rivers Specialist School, has led to parents parking further away and needing to cross the busy stretch of road without a crossing supervisor.
Besides the standard traffic surrounding a school, Ms Flett has also seen heavy vehicles travelling around the school area to access the new supermarket building site in Echuca West.
“Parents report frequent near misses and cars slamming brakes, and one child was hit last year by a car, and we want to avert a tragedy,” Ms Flett said.
“With the Woolworths that is being built at the end of this road, I’ve seen a freight truck come out the side road (Coliban St) just before 3pm, and they haven’t even opened yet.”
Ms Flett put together an online petition earlier this year that currently has 626 signatures from concerned parents and community members.
“Council say it’s out of their hands and they can’t do anything, but we’ve been asking for months,’’ she said.
“They got back to me a few weeks ago and said it was in VicRoads’ hands and they can’t do anything, but VicRoads doesn’t seem to be doing anything.
“We just want to know so we can get a crossing as soon as we can.”
Campaspe Shire Council interim chief executive officer Tim Tamlin said the school crossings were installed in line with criteria from the Department of Transport, and that the site had indeed met the criteria.
“An application for the new school crossing was made to DoT in March this year, with new applications opening for the year in February,” Mr Tamlin said.
Mr Tamlin said council was advised by the DoT earlier this month that the funding announcement was pending, with no set date for release.
“Council is continuing to liaise with DoT in regards to an outcome for this application,” he said.
“Council has also liaised with Echuca Twin Rivers School to keep them updated.
“We appreciate the school’s concern for the safety of their school community and will continue to pursue an outcome of this application.”
Echuca Twin Rivers School’s crossing petition is open at www.change.org/p/school-crossing-for-twin-rivers-school-echuca
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