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Elliot's mum Heather says she feels let down by the council and that she's not the only one. "This area is full of lots of young families who chose to move here because it was a good place to live with good resources and there were buses available for the children to go to school," she says. "We were promised when the schools amalgamated that no child would be without a bus where it was required. "There is no local suitable public transport option for these children." Heather says she feels the council-designated safe route is dangerous, partly because there are busy roads with no crossing patrollers. "It's not safe," she says. "It's unacceptable the length of time it takes, asking children to walk through unlit or poorly lit areas, areas where we know there has been crime, areas where there's not a huge amount of visibility from other people, that's not safe at all. "The council need to look elsewhere - there's lots of money getting spent on other things. Maybe the priorities need to be reassessed."
