FAMILIES have started a petition calling for traffic lights to be installed to make a ‘harrowing’ pedestrian crossing outside Coronation Park safer.
To access the park from St Aubin’s Bay, Islanders currently need to cross the Island’s only dual carriageway.
In a letter published in today’s JEP, Abigail Gledhill – who started the petition – wrote: ‘Sometimes one driver will stop to let you across while, in the other lane, a car will continue on, completely unaware of your presence.
‘It is not uncommon for some motorists to speed up near this crossing, just so they can be first at Bel Royal where the carriageway turns into a single lane, which exacerbates the risk of crossing at this section of road.’
She added that crossing the road at this location was even more difficult with a pram or a toddler and said: ‘Try to see yourself crossing both westbound and eastbound dual carriageways with high-density traffic travelling at, or beyond, our maximum Island speed limit. It is harrowing.’
The petition will gain a response from ministers if it reaches 1,000 signatures and will be considered for debate in the States Assembly if it reaches 5,000 votes.
The petition ‘Install lights on crossing from Victoria Avenue to entrance of Coronation Park’ can be found at petitions.gov.je/petitions/200878.
