Parents at Lexington Middle School and Creekside Elementary School say traffic restrictions at Creekside Elementary have doubled morning drop-off times, forcing parents to leave 25 minutes early despite living two minutes from school.
New traffic restrictions near Creekside Elementary frustrate parents with longer school drop-offs
“Traffic has just been a nightmare,” said Crystal De Los Santos, a parent with children at both Lexington Middle School and Creekside Elementary.
The source of frustration centers around new traffic patterns on Yorktown near the elementary school, specifically restrictions that prevent drivers from turning right onto Oso Parkway during morning drop-off hours and afternoon pick-up.
De Los Santos said the first two days of the school year went smoothly, similar to last years traffic that, “flowed beautifully.” She said parents could get in and out quickly. However, parents discovered new “Do Not Enter” signs posted on Oso Parkway on Wednesday morning.
“We noticed on Wednesday there was a one-way on Oso [Parkway], and we were under the impression that it was going to be the normal flow of traffic as last year,” De Los Santos explained.
The change forces parents to continue to the next road, Leadership Drive, creating bottlenecks at the intersection of Oso Parkway and Yorktown…