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Ocean Grove residents are calling for a pedestrian crossing on Kingston Downs Drive before it's too late. 192325 Picture: Justin Flynn
Please just fix it Urgent need for crossing
By Justin Flynn Ocean Grove residents are pleading with council to install a pedestrian crossing on Kingston Downs Drive before it's too late. The road, which services the rapidly expanding Kingston Estate, is used by schoolchildren riding and walking to two local primary schools.
Elderly residents are also frustrated at having to cross the increasingly busy road to access Marketplace Shopping Centre. The Voice went to Kingston Downs Drive at 3.30pm on a school day and saw at least 80 primary school children struggling to cross the road during a 20-minute period. Kingston Estate communications manager Allason Lynch said there was an urgent
need for a crossing. "As the developer, we've known that there was a need for this for the last four years," she told the Voice. "We get complaints from motorists, residents and parents who come into our office asking 'why isn't there a crossing?'. Continued page 3
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