By Dan Walsh
Following the retirement of a school warden at a Gorey school with over 700 pupils, serious road safety issues have arisen due to a delay in replacing the school warden because of a bureaucratic process.
The crossing on St. Michael’s Road, opposite the entrance to Bunscoil Loreto, is causing traffic chaos which is exacerbated by students from Gorey Community School who also use the crossing.
Cllr Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin has met with the Loreto Principal, Aideen Kennedy, and suggests that “pending a replacement and other safety measures to be put in place Gardaí or a community warden should be assigned at school times.”
“I have received an update from Wexford County Councils Road Safety Officer, but we cannot afford to wait on long drawn out bureaucracic processes, as is the case with so many council-related projects,” said Cllr Ó Súilleabhain, who is Leas-Cathaoirleach of Gorey Kilmuckridge Municipal District Council.
In the meantime, in the interest of safety for everybody, but especially the children, road users, including drivers and parents are requested to be patient and vigilant in relation to safety outside the school until the matter is finally sorted out.
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