Cabana Road widening causing safety concerns near school
CBC
Residents who live along Cabana Road in South Windsor are fed up with the changes to the road causing more traffic in their area and they say it poses a risk to children crossing the street.
"The city has made it into a mini-highway," said Shirley Watson, who lives on the corner of Karen Street and Cabana Road.
"We're even thinking of moving because it's just so ridiculous."
The stretch of Road at Cabana street and Karen Road was widened four years ago from two lanes to four. It's part of work happening along the Cabana corridor to help cope with current congestion levels but also with future traffic created by the not-yet-built mega hospital.
Residents say the changes to the road have brought noise and speeders into the area, but they are also particularly concerned with the safety of children being dropped off at Roseland Public School, which is located on a busy section of Cabana that does not have a proper crosswalk, streetlight nor is it considered a school zone.
"People are just in a hurry to pick up their kids and they're not thinking about anything or anyone else," Watson said.
Najat Rizkallah has been a crossing guard for kids at the school for about four years now and said it can be scary at times, working on the road.