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Parents are sick of having to negotiate a muddy path on the way to Colleton School in Twyford
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Colleton School parents sick of wading through mud on way to school

By Jon Nurse
March 11, 2013

Fed-up parents are tired of wading through mud on the school run as their journey is blighted by expansion works.

Pupils walking to The Colleton Primary School from Broad Hinton estate have been negotiating a muddy path for months after another rear entrance to the site was closed because of building work.

Steve Blunden, 40, of Poundfield Way, who takes six-year-old son Nathanael to school along the route, said: “The area started churning up with the rain in November and has only got worse.

“To avoid the mud you have to go all the way round to the front of the school which takes about 15 minutes.”

He added that residents and school governors have been writing to the borough council to improve the path since December.

“I’m very concerned that nothing’s being done about it. Once it starts to rain again it’s going to be dreadful.

“I understand the area used to be a marsh and it seems to have returned.”

The borough council is investing £2.5 million in the Twyford school to build a new sports hall and create extra classrooms to increase school places from 35 to 60 a year.

Brian Grady, Wokingham Borough Council’s strategic commissioner for children, young people and families, said: “Making sure parents have the access they need to walk their children to school is our priority, so we will carry out works to the area to help ensure the pathway is accessible at all times.

“The current problem has been caused by bad weather conditions. We hope to carry out the works as soon as possible.”

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If a more permanent solution is going to take many weeks to implement it would seem that a quick temporary fix is just what is needed.

PoneRana, Wokingham
12/03/2013 at 11:52

Just want to point out that none of the school’s four entrances were closed during the building works – as quoted in the story. We are also going to make sure that the improvements we make aren’t just a ‘quick fix’, and will ensure the pathway remains accessible….whatever the weather throws at us!

WBC Right of Reply, Wokingham
12/03/2013 at 09:25

Diddums

Snowdrop, Twyford
11/03/2013 at 18:24

I will swap you a bit of mud, try living next to the buiklding works when they start most mornings (including Saturdays) at 7:30.

Eggster
11/03/2013 at 16:14

A load of pea gravel and some parent volunteers to spread it should provide a cheap solution for the short period that it will be required

PoneRana, Wokingham
11/03/2013 at 15:02

So the school has one front entrance, and two rear entrances; because of building work, one of the rear entrances is closed; the remaining rear entrance is a bit muddy; so the possible solutions are:

a) walk round the front, which takes a bit longer b) waste tens of thousands of pounds surfacing the entrance c) just get on with it for a further month or so, until the works are finished, and see if you can survive having dirt on the bottom of your shoes

Can we go for options a) or c) please?