Hi. My name is Maddie. I am in grade 4 at Clifton Springs Primary School. We need footpaths because it is not fair that my friend, my brother and I, have wet feet all day after walking to school. As a matter of fact, my friend thinks we need footpaths more than I do and I know that because every winter she comes to school carrying her shoes, because she doesn’t want to have wet feet the entire day.
Footpaths are also important because if you want to ride your bike or scooter to school and there are no bike lanes, you have to ride on the grass, but if you don’t know how you will just have to carry your scooter or push your bike. Another example of why we need footpaths is, last year, there was an elderly person that we always saw riding a mobility scooter on the grass. One day they fell off and was gone for a few weeks. They came back, except this time they were riding it on the road. After a few months they stopped and we never saw them again.
This is why I believe we need footpaths in Clifton Springs and Drysdale.
Thank you for reading.
Maddie of Clifton Springs
