Three schoolboy brothers are joining democratic traffic with their appeal to Carterton District Council for a crossing across the town's main road.
Mitchel, Kyle and Brock Loader, aged 11, 9 and 7 respectively, have written to the council requesting safe pedestrian access across High Street near Carrington Park.
The brothers are keen
sportsmen who enjoy visiting the park, but they live south of the recreational area and have to walk all the way to Carterton's town centre to find a safe place to cross.
So the Carterton School pupils put their heads together with their mum Sharon Loader, who told them if they wanted anything to change, they had to make their voices heard.
"I just said: 'To be heard, you have got to speak up'," Ms Loader said.
The boys' letter noted that they had witnessed peoples' difficulties with crossing the road safely to use the public toilets and park.
Mitchel said that weekends and after school were especially busy, with many Mack trucks adding to the traffic congestion.
"We have tried coming down to the park before and we couldn't get across the road, we can't even get here to play a game of rugby.
"When we were standing here waiting we could see people going out of Hammer Hardware were having to run across the road," Mitchel said.
Ms Loader said her sons could see a need for the crossing and she thought there was no harm in asking.
"I want my boys to grow up independent and good members of the community,
"I want them to have input into the community," she said.
CDC chief executive Colin Wright requested the operations committee consider the request at tomorrow's meeting.
"The number and location of appropriate pedestrian crossings is a somewhat vexed subject, but I considered that the views of these boys should be made known to councillors."
