Safe Walking around the Coal Point peninsula.

Last October Peter & Julie Bousles from Toronto Dry Cleaners donated some high visibility vests for local enthusiastic walkers who responded to the question where are the most dangerous walking spots on the Coal Point peninsula?

The feedback was very useful and identified the following areas of pedestrian safety concern

• The roadsides from 190 SPR where the new retaining wall has been built down to Rofe St got a few mentions as ‘grossly unsafe’
• The gravel bends on Amelia St between the Quarterdeck and Exeter St where the verge is overgrown and disappears was described as ‘by far the most dangerous’
• The corners around Coal Point Rd between 75 and 119, roughly Killara Cl to half way down the hill had poor visibility and narrow verges.
• The corner of SPR and CPR around to Gurranba Reserve also go a mention

One respondent provided some good advice gleaned from Primary school: to walk on the right side of the road facing oncoming traffic so you can see vehicles approaching. If walkers walk on the same side as the traffic they run the risk of being hit from behind. This risk is the greatest when vehicles meet where you are walking.

Hi vis vest have been distributed and will also be worn by Chronicle deliverers to support pedestrian safety. Thankyou to Toronto Dry Cleaners for supporting community safety.