Government is aiming to have warning lights and crossing bars at Northlands by June.

Education Minister Jerome Dill yesterday told The Royal Gazette Works and Engineering were surveying the area which Dellwood Primary students will use from September.

Northlands is scheduled to revert back to a primary school, while the current Dellwood Primary site at Angle Street will be converted to a middle school.

A bridge was originally scheduled to be built from Northlands to the field opposite it, to allow primary school children to walk across the street without encountering traffic on Berkeley Road.

But Dellwood parents, Planning officers, and at least one Berkeley Road resident objected to the plan.

Parents argued that the bridge would be dangerous for young children, while Planning said it would be visually obtrusive, and Helen L. Peets Alban -- who lives directly opposite Northlands and shares a boundary with the school field -- said the bridge would "cut off light, breeze, and what little view'' she enjoyed.

Mrs. Peets Alban also said the bridge would be an eyesore and would devalue her property.

She suggested that Government should hire a crossing guard or install amber warning lights near Elroy's Laundromat and the Pie Factory to warn motorists of children in the area.

Mr. Dill has thrown his support behind having warning lights, crossing bars, and a crossing guard in the area.

And yesterday he said Works and Engineering also favoured the plan.

"We're going to shoot to have the crossing installed by June to test the equipment before the school opens,'' he explained.