School safety fear as parents call for crossing

TWO mothers are campaigning for a zebra crossing outside their children’s school after two pupils were hit by cars in the first week of term.

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Rebecca Curtis and Esther McCarthy have gathered more than 100 signatures on a petition, which they presented to councillors, demanding the installation of a zebra crossing or other “adequate road safety measures”.

Ms Curtis told councillors: “Our petition is signed by over 100 local residents and calls for Torfaen Borough Council to reconsider and reassess the need for a zebra crossing after the incidents that occurred in the first week of the school term.

“Two children were involved in road incidents by Blaenavon school.”