THE city's senior citizens have called on council to make Griffith's most treacherous footpaths safer to walk on.
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The notorious stretch of concrete along Banna Avenue has sent three elderly residents sprawling recently and a number of groups have urged council to repair the walkway.
Griffith pensioner Margaret McDonald, who walks at least five times per week, said some of the footpaths were very rough including the stretch outside the post office where the brickwork had warped.
"Council has put in some improvements but there's still a way to go," Mrs McDonald said.
"It's not good, it's quite unsafe."
Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association president Peter Knox said the group rose the issue along with a number of others with council general manager Brett Stonestreet at a recent meeting.
Mr Knox said pensioners were also concerned about unclear line marking on pedestrian crossings, though council had rectified that issue in some areas.
The group was also concerned that some of the roundabouts were too busy and made crossing the road difficult.
"We want council to look at the feasibility of putting traffic lights in at the Banna Avenue roundabout near the ambulance station which would have a two-way benefit, for cars and pedestrians," Mr Knox said.
"There was a fellow knocked off his scooter on that crossing there and a lot of people don't like walking through there."
However, after the meeting, Mr Knox said he was confident council would address the issues raised.
At Tuesday night's council meeting, avid council watchdog Lance Perry said the number of incidents of elderly residents tripping and hitting the ground continued to rise.
"Years ago, council had a crew that went around and removed raised edges on the footpaths," Mr Perry said.
"I want to know, can that be reintroduced?"
Manjit Chuga from the operations department said council had introduced an inspection regime which was undertaken every three months to identify problems which would be fixed in due course.