Threats Made In School Parking Mess: DEVINE
Our office is dealing with an escalating and completely unacceptable traffic-safety situation in front of St. John XXIII School on Knoxdale Road.
The problem is not ambiguous: it is being caused by parents who are routinely parking illegally, driving aggressively, and behaving dangerously, including making threats. In many cases, these are families who live close enough that they should not be driving their children to school at all.
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This newsletter excerpt from Knoxdale-Merivale Councillor Sean Devine is courtesy of the city-wide community group Your Applewood Acres (And Beyond) Neighbours
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Bylaw services has already responded and has issued numerous tickets for illegal parking. Given the escalation, Ottawa Police have also been alerted and will be on site shortly to address moving violations, which carry significantly higher penalties. This behaviour will be punished and disincentivized using every enforcement tool available.
The level of intimidation around a school is horrifying. Rest assured: we have alerted Ottawa Police about this matter.
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Councillor Devine will be on site multiple times this week and next — during both dropoff and pickup — to directly observe conditions and intervene if necessary. Longer term, the Knoxdale Neighbourhood Traffic Calming project will significantly reduce this behaviour, but construction is not scheduled until late 2027.
In the meantime, amid rising vehicle-related deaths and serious injuries — and a Ford government that has effectively declared open season for drivers — our office will continue pushing for proven infrastructure solutions and aggressive enforcement.
This selfish, brazen behaviour puts children at risk, and it will not be tolerated.
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Agreed, but are not the children who are close enough to walk in danger of the possibility of the predators in our midst?
We have been warned that such occurrences could happen by various social agencies with agendas (?) and to be vigilant. Perhaps since these warnings while well intentioned have been shoved down our throats, parents are just being “vigilant”. Highly doubtful in this unhealthy society we have created both physically and mentally but one never knows… just saying. Cheers
Anderson:
It crossed my mind as well about people who would do harm to children. It’s a nasty world out there among a fair number of people.
kgray
Interesting story, a problem around schools that is not related to speed cameras. In fact this is an issue that speed cameras cannot resolve. By spending money targeted at the capital expenditures and operational costs involved with speed cameras, on policing, problems such as this can be dealt with effectively. Police constables can multitask while speed cameras have but one purpose in life. Next time a vote concerning speed cameras is brought up at the council table the outcome will be 23 to 1 rather than 24 to zero, now that Sean Devine has seen the light.