CHILDREN on their way to a Kidderminster school could be in danger from traffic unless action is taken to repair damaged pavement barriers, a councillor has claimed.

Councillor Siri Hayward, a Liberal member of Wyre Forest District Council, is also a governor of Comberton First School in Borrington Road.

She has called for the dented barriers, outside the school and Comberton Middle School, to be repaired as a matter of urgency.

She said: "The barriers had already been hit by a car once and now that they have been hit again they are in a truly appalling condition.

"They are an awful eyesore but what really worries me is that - in their greatly weakened condition - it is difficult to imagine that they would offer any real resistance if they were hit again.

"As these barriers are there to protect youngsters going to and from school, that is a truly frightening thought."

Mrs Hayward, together with her fellow Liberals, councillors Mike and Fran Oborski, has been in touch with the Highways Partnership to demand the barriers be repaired.