{"id":18446,"date":"2018-10-31T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themooraboolnews.com.au\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2024-02-02T18:02:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T07:02:29","slug":"safer-trek-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/safer-trek-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Safer trek to school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2251\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themooraboolnews.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/website-2-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2251\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from Gordon PS and principal Russel Cowan, walk through long grass where the new footpath will be built, with Geoff Howard MP.      Photo &#8211; Helen Tatchell<\/figcaption><\/figure>By Helen Tatchell<\/p>\n<p>A new footpath leading to a local primary school will see students and families walk and cycle safely to and from Gordon PS when the 2019 school year begins.<br \/>\nMoorabool Shire Council will construct the long-awaited, and much needed path after a funding announcement by Member for Buninyong, Geoff Howard of a $50,000 investment to build a footpath between the school and the main road at Gordon.<br \/>\n\u201cWorks are expected to get underway over the summer school holiday period and will deliver a much needed safety boost for the students at this great local school,\u201d Mr Howard said.<br \/>\nThe new 300-metre footpath upgrade is part of the aim at improving high-risk roads near local schools.<br \/>\nGordon PS students and families are currently forced to walk on the road or in long grass on their journey to and from the school.<br \/>\nMr Howard said he was pleased to have been able to deliver this outcome when school principal \u201cRussel Cowan came to me seeking support for improved traffic management and safer access for students at the school.\u201d<br \/>\nMr Cowan said safety was his primary concern.<br \/>\n\u201cHaving the students walking from the main road to school on a footpath will be a major upgrade to their safety, which is paramount,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s all about student safety.\u201d<br \/>\nStudent Chloe said she can walk safely with her younger sisters.<br \/>\n\u201cI can then look after them better and I can go to school having dry feet,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nGordon PS has grown from 50 students to 130 in 2018, a rise that also creates more traffic on the roads at peak school drop off and pick up times.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is great to know students don\u2019t have to walk on roads to school,\u201d Mr Howard said.<br \/>\nThe State government is in caretaker mode (Tuesday 30 October, 6pm) until the election on November 24. 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