Mr Walsh said he was alarmed when he visited the school’s Wilkinson Dve and saw students and parents having to duck across the road.
Mr Walsh said the risk was too high, especially for younger children on their own, who may not be as car-aware.
“It beggars belief that a multi-campus school can be built in this day and age without some of the most basic essentials — such as a safe way to cross the street each morning and afternoon,” he said.
“I have had parents contact me about a series of near misses, expressing their concern a serious accident is not far away and having inspected the site this week I share their concern.’’
Twin Rivers school council president Deborah Flett says that without a crossing, many parents are on edge every school day because not everyone can be there as their children head across Wilkinson Dve.
She said although it was not a wide street in front of the school, in some ways that increased the risks because even children standing in the refuge could easily lose concentration and step out in front of a car.
“Our school has no crossing, and that’s just wrong,” Ms Flett said.
“That’s why we have turned to our local MP to see if he can help us — because no-one else is.”
Mr Walsh said with the millions of dollars poured into this new, state-of-the-art complex, something as simple and as obvious as a school crossing should never have simply fallen through the cracks.
“I have already written to the Roads Minister, but getting money out of the Andrews Labor government for anything other than propping up botched public works programs that are on the verge of bankrupting our state is a very uphill battle, but we will take up the fight because nothing is more important than our children,” Mr Walsh said.
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