Footpaths for some, goat tracks for others

This is one section of the so-called footpath on Bunbury St between Hampton Road and the Primary Schools. It is made up of crumbling bitumen covered with a layer of loose gravel on a steep incline.

A friend of mine fell and broke her ankle here recently while walking her children to school. At the hospital, she was told so many people have sustained injuries in this spot the hospital staff refer to it as 'the Bridgetown slide'.

This is the route dozens of parents and children must negotiate on the way to and from school every day. It is a disgrace.

I fail to understand why we must put up with dangerous third-world standard footpaths and roads while $1.8m of ratepayers money is being spent on a showpiece library.

But it might be because only some of us have to put up with the dangerous roads and footpaths.

For example, the footpath below in Barlee Street is on the route between the CEO's house and the school.