The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Group says pupil could be killed
Concern over parents driving children to Torbain
Furious members of a Kirkcaldy community group could call for a town road to be closed to prevent parents from dropping their children off at school.
The Dallas Drive Tenants and Residents Association is surveying residents living near Torbain Primary School about possible restrictions.
It is claimed parents are double parking and blocking driveways in their quest to get their children as close to the school gates as possible. Sharon Reynolds, chairwoman of the group, said: “It’s getting to the point where a child is going to get seriously injured or killed.”
A Kirkcaldy community group could call on Fife Council to close a road to prevent parents from dropping their children off at one of Fife’s biggest primary schools.
Members of the Dallas Drive Tenants’ and Residents’ Association could call for a stretch of road outside of Torbain Primary School to be closed completely at the start and end of the school day following complaints residents are unable to leave their homes.
Sharon Reynolds, chairwoman of tenants’ and residents’ association, said: “It’s getting to the point where a child is going to get seriously injured or killed.
“Parents can’t be bothered parking their car a couple of hundred metres down the road.
“They’re double parking, parking on double yellow lines, and just not bothered.
“It’s like they want to get as close to the school as they possibly can.”
The possibility of closing the road at pick-up and drop-off times has been mentioned, with initial proposals likely to call for Blairmore Road being sealed off between Dollar Crescent and Birnam Road at peak times.
While acknowledging several issues that such a move would create, Neil Crooks, chairman of the Kirkcaldy area committee, said a resolution to the situation is desperately needed. “It is a controversial idea. “It pits people that walk to school against those people that get dropped off.
“The issue has been going on for seven or eight years and I’ve had various meetings with people from the area.
“The drivers can be inconsiderate by blocking driveways, and the school has put letters out and tried various things, but it has not made any difference.”
Parents can’t be bothered parking their car a couple of hundred yards down the road. SHARON REYNOLDS