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Way to school in Oldenburg: Dangerous crossing without traffic lights!
Oldenburg is fighting for safe routes to school: sidewalk problems in Osternburg require quick solutions for school children.
Way to school in Oldenburg: Dangerous crossing without traffic lights!
The issue of school route safety is currently in focus in Oldenburg, especially for the Drielake primary school. Here, students have to walk to school on a section of around 20 meters on the road, as part of the sidewalk on Herrenweg in Osternburg is missing. This worrying situation means that children have to cross the street twice without traffic lights or zebra crossings, which is a major concern for many residents and especially for parents. Marco Tönjes from the residents' community criticizes the inadequate conditions and calls for the city to act quickly to ensure the safety of the students. The city of Oldenburg is also dissatisfied with the current situation and has already announced measures. According to [nwzonline].
Another construction site is Kampstrasse, which is to be used as a temporary alternative location for the “Auf der Wunderburg” elementary school during the conversion to an all-day elementary school on Ekkardstrasse. This move is planned for 2027 and it is very important that children can get to school safely there too. The city administration intends to make structural changes during the 2023 summer holidays to ensure that school operations run smoothly, according to a message on oldenburg.de.
Planned measures to ensure school route safety
The sidewalk on Kampstrasse is currently only 70 cm wide, which is insufficient for a safe route to school. In order to remedy these problems, the city is planning to widen the sidewalk to 2.20 meters and incorporate a parking strip on the street. This measure will cost the city around 50,000 euros, but there are no plans to completely rebuild the street. The city not only wants to increase the safety of students, but also reduce through traffic and improve the quality of life for residents.
In order to inform residents about the planned changes, an information event is planned for April 1st at 5 p.m. at the Graf Anton Günther School at Schleusenstrasse 4. Invitations have already been distributed. Through this dialogue, the city hopes to have a good hand in taking citizens' suggestions and concerns into account and thus gaining the necessary support for the measures.