JANINE Kitson, Benjamin Caswell and Kristyn Haywood have come together to collaborate across our electoral boundaries to fix the transport services for our school children to get to school safely and on time. They have also stated that they will keep pursuing this critical issue even if they don’t get elected.
Many concerned residents across the Hornsby, Wahroonga and Davidson electorates are concerned about the tragic state of public transport to and from our public schools. There are many cases of frustrated parents who travel from Hornsby to St Ives High school every day to take their children to school.
“After a full day at school it is totally unacceptable that children should have to walk more than 30 minutes to the station with heavy bags or wait lengthy periods to catch a bus or train home because our local members are uninterested in fixing the problem. Furthermore, I am appalled that the NSW Department of Planning’s demands of constant high-density housing without providing the infrastructure, such as reliable transport services, to support it,” said Kristyn Haywood, Independent for Wahroonga.
“This issue affects the families across several electorates, with over 700 children coming from the Hornsby electorate alone. That is a long return trip for children to come home and for nervous parents to wait to know if their children will make it back safely. I have received correspondence highlighting this concern as there has been no progress with our current representatives. We are working together because families have asked us to ensure their voice is heard. We believe that by working together, we can achieve an outcome that will lead to increased safety for our children. And that outcome is needed now!” said Benjamin Caswell, Independent for Hornsby.
Janine Kitson says, “How can we expect the Liberals to govern NSW when they cannot even organise a local school bus timetable?” said Janine Kitson Independent for Davidson, also a former high school teacher.
One concerned parent wrote to the candidates stating, ““There is no public transport alternative that gets my children to school at 7:30am in the morning for extracurricular activities. This means I have no choice but to drive them a minimum of three mornings a week and pick them up once a week.”
It is a pleasure to see three independent candidates across different communities come together to stand for this issue. It is clearly an issue that impacts various communities. Hopefully the next government will come together and make a difference here.
