Local elementary schools without a school zone are an accident waiting to happen according to some parents. While there are several schools without a specific zone across the city, IDEA River Bluff is causing concern in particular.
). There is currently no specified school zone, flashing lights, or even crosswalk for some students who walk to class. The speed limit posted across the street is 40 MPH.
“It’s a speedway out there,” Dequavise Staggers, a father, said. “Anything could happen. I don’t want anything to happen to anyone else’s kid — or my kid and then for it to be too late.” Staggers helps his first-grade daughter cross the road daily, but Action News Jax cameras spotted several kids in the middle of the road with no help.Just about a mile down the road is Arlington Elementary, which is also on University Boulevard, but does have a school zone and 15 MPH speed limit.
A representative for the City of Jacksonville said a school must first submit a request for a reduced-speed school zone or school crossing. A traffic engineer then conducts a study to determine the number of students walking to school, the walking path, and the speed limit of the road. Action News Jax Investigates discovered there’s a total of 22 elementary schools currently without a school zone.
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