Letter: City needs a transportation co-ordinator

Last weekend, while playing with my sons and their friend, I was approached by a police officer who insisted we play elsewhere.

She explained that the top of the hill we were sliding down was level with a busy road where there was a risk that the children could end up wandering onto the sidewalk and even further onto the road. She was responding to a motorist’s concern that this was unsafe and she seemed to agree with them.

If Sudbury’s police believe that sidewalks are not safe for children, even while under the supervision of a guardian, I strongly urge them to become part of the community effort to have a funded active transportation co-ordinator.

The active transportation co-ordinator will help make our city safer for children because their job will be to make walking and cycling safe for everyone, and that starts with our most vulnerable, like children and seniors.

Gabriel Keresztesi
Sudbury