The San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion has is­sued a clar­i­fi­ca­tion on its traf­fic con­trol plan around the Skin­ner Park fa­cil­i­ty, fol­low­ing con­cerns from par­ents and guardians about school drop-off and pick-up pro­ce­dures.

The Cor­po­ra­tion said the plan, orig­i­nal­ly de­vel­oped over ten years ago un­der for­mer May­or Al­der­man Kaz­im Ho­sein and lat­er im­ple­ment­ed by for­mer May­or Al­der­man Ju­nia Re­grel­lo, has suc­cess­ful­ly al­le­vi­at­ed con­ges­tion and im­proved traf­fic flow in the area.

Of­fi­cials em­pha­sised that par­ents are not pro­hib­it­ed from drop­ping off or col­lect­ing chil­dren on Park Street, par­tic­u­lar­ly for younger pupils. How­ev­er, pro­longed park­ing on the street will not be al­lowed to main­tain smooth traf­fic move­ment.

A des­ig­nat­ed drop-off and pick-up zone with­in the Skin­ner Park fa­cil­i­ty pro­vides a safe area for par­ents to park, ei­ther to wait on-site un­til dis­missal or to walk to the schools’ back gates via the paved path­way on the Skin­ner Park Sec­ond Class Grounds.

The Cor­po­ra­tion said this mea­sure aims to re­duce the num­ber of chil­dren wait­ing along the Rien­zi Kir­ton High­way, which has caused traf­fic build-up.

Par­ents are urged not to park or col­lect chil­dren in the high­way’s emer­gency lane.

The plan will be en­forced with the as­sis­tance of the San Fer­nan­do Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Ser­vice, who will be present at var­i­ous points in the school zone dur­ing morn­ings and af­ter­noons.

The Cor­po­ra­tion urged full co­op­er­a­tion with of­fi­cers’ in­struc­tions.

Of­fi­cials added that traf­fic flow will con­tin­ue to be mon­i­tored, and the Cor­po­ra­tion will work with schools and oth­er stake­hold­ers to ex­plore ad­di­tion­al ways to ease con­ges­tion and en­hance safe­ty for all road users.