To whom it may concern
The
Yellow ‘Pedestrian Crossings are highly important if
you think of the safety of the pedestrians. Legally it protects the lives of
not only big ones but also of the small ones.
There
is one yellow pedestrian crossing that i notice very often that require the
attention of the relevant authority immediately or as soon as possible. This
specific pedestrian line i mentioned above is the crossing appearing before the
Public Library located in the popular ‘Chapel lane’, Nugegoda. This lane is a
highly busy lane, morning to late night and there after as well.
Why this
specific pedestrian crossing is highly important compared to other crossings is
that it is not only safe guards hundreds of people that use the ‘Public Library’
everyday but also it safe guards the lives of hundreds / thousands of little
ones, school children of the Royal Institute, the International school locates
on both side of the library other than the children and the people of the
residents of the lane and every person who leads to there specific objective
areas passing or crossing the mentioned lines.
The danger here is that the yellow lines of
the pedestrian crossing is not clearly visible and only a few lines of the
crossing is existing. According to my personal
awareness in about few days time, there will be no pedestrian crossing for
people to cross the road safely because of its present condition.
So my
request is that it should be repaired, re coloured using permanent colours that
may last at least a few months or years. And there is no point trying to charge
the drivers that breaks the traffic rules, if the authority do not monitor
relevant other things that protects the lives of the road users. Even for
drivers attention it is important that you re colour every pedestrian crossing
that you have not taken time to monitor after years of its original
implementations. Other than the
pedestrian crossings ……………functioning The
Traffic Signals are also equally important.
The Traffic signal-pillars must be functioned
accurately taking regular intervals and that should do justice to both drivers
and the pedestrians. And after monitoring them the authority should pay their
attention to place, replace or build a traffic pillar where it is important.
The
other important thing is, according to my personal belief, some of the drainage lines in Nugegoda also should be cleaned not just because it
directly or indirectly safe guard the health of the people but also it helps to
keep this ancient, popular trade and residential city clean.
I can
name a few for your perusal.
The
drainage system beside the public fair (Janathapola) in Nugegoda close to the
Rail Way Station and the drainage lines before the public Devalaya in Devala
Para (road) Nugegoda. These blocked drainage systems may lead to health hazards
of the people of the residents of the area.
The foot path wishes to see things corrected as soon as possible.
