Mon 21 May 18.
Piriaka children no longer need to walk across the main trunk line and SH4 to catch the school bus.
Up until now kids getting to school in Piriaka have been using an uncontrolled rail pedestrian crossing on Tuka St to cross the main trunk line then crossing over SH4 to catch the school bus outside the old Piriaka General Store.
Ruapehu Land Transport Manager Warren Furner said that today (Mon 21 May) was the last day for the school bus picking up kids up from outside the old Piriaka General Store on SH4.
From tomorrow (Tue 22 May) the bus will be using the new bus stop location on Tanoa St within the residential area of Piriaka.
KiwiRail have now closed the Tuka St crossing and installed new safety fencing on the walkway on either side of the railway tracks to help deter people from using it.
Council is aiming to pour the concrete pad for the new bus stop and shelter on Tanoa St later this week with the shelter itself which is built off site arriving in June.
The closure of the Tuka St pedestrian rail crossing and the relocation of the school bus stop to Tanoa St will mean getting to school for Piriaka children is now a whole lot safer, he said.
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