Trent was quoted in the Northcote Leader this week, calling on VicRoads to review its criteria for installing pedestrian crossings on busy roads like Victoria Rd, Northcote, which he says prevent crossings from being installed throughout Darebin.

He said the overly restrictive policy was also preventing the council from putting in pedestrian crossings at the busy Raglan St and High St intersection in Preston, in Separation St outside Alfred Nuttall Kindergarten in Fairfield and in Miller St in Thornbury.

It’s time these decisions were made with the interests of the local community in mind, so that their need to be able to walk or ride easily and safely around their neighbourhoods does not continue run a poor second to the needs of through traffic flow.