Tullimbar Public School parents fear a child may be struck by a car if traffic and congestion issues aren't addressed urgently.
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The parents' fears surfaced last Thursday when construction work on a new housing development started directly opposite the school.
Parents weren't happy Shellharbour council allowed developer Dahua to install security fencing "literally on the kerb side".
"There is absolutely nowhere to walk if accessing your car for the designated parking spots unless you walk on the road," parent Melissa Anderson said.
"There is a horseshoe one-way road to collect children, only four kiss and drop bays and the rest you have to park and walk.
"There is literally no safe way to now walk to cars with children unless you walk on the road. This means you are walking behind, in front and through cars that are driving and potentially reversing.
"[Thursday] was actually scary to witness the amount of children trying to safely navigate there way to their car."
[Thursday] was actually scary to witness the amount of children trying to safely navigate there way to their car.
- Melissa Anderson
As an interim measure, the majority of fencing has been relocated back from the kerb and gutter edge "to allow free movement along the pedestrian footpath area and generally on both sides of the street".
But Shellharbour Council's directive to the developer on Monday only came after the Mercury raised the parents' safety concerns, to the council.
Kiama MP Gareth Ward also contacted the council and requested that they meet with the developer to "resolve this serious safety issue ASAP".
That meeting happened on Monday.
"The developer has been informed that relevant approvals would be required to allow any occupation of any parts of the road reserve prior to construction works commencing on the site," Shellharbour Council CEO Carey McIntyre said.
"The safety of the school community is Council's highest priority in this circumstance and it will be actively communicating with the developer and school principal to allow for effective communication between all parties and importantly, ensuring access to and from school for students and parents."
But parents, including Ms Anderson's sister Jessica Anderson still have " real safety concerns".
"We had kids almost run over on that first day the fence went up and things aren't much safer now," she said.
"On the other side the lawn hasn't been mowed and there is long grass. But with the threat of snakes - we've already had three caught in the school recently - kids have no option but to walk on the road."
Another parent, Linda Bardak argued Shellharbour Council should have listened to the concerns raised by community members and the school principal at a recent council meeting.
"Council and Dahua should have addressed these safety issues before the DA was approved as everyone's safety is now on the line," she said.
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