Parents and local Conservative councillors Nigel Williams and Graham Clack, have rightly raised serious concerns about the decision by Kent County Council (KCC) highway officers to remove the safety barriers and the overhead Green Men at the pedestrian crossing between Riverhead Infants School and Amherst School on the A25.
I fully support their ongoing campaign - alongside Cllr Kim Bayley and the Riverhead Parish Council - to have the safety barriers and overhead Green Men reinstated.
Today I written to the KCC Cabinet Member for Transport Peter Osbourne and the KCC Leader, Linden Kemkaran, urging them to intervene and ensure these important safety features are restored.
The safety of our children must always come first and no compromises should be made when it comes to their well-being.
