It has taken just over a year for Stephen Lewis to be brought to court, convicted and sentenced for causing the death of Vicky Clement by dangerous driving (Post, November 11).
During that time, the Manselton Area Road Safety Action Group has been tirelessly campaigning for a 20mph zone to be set up to prevent yet more needless tragedies occurring.
The conviction of Stephen Lewis means that, to a certain extent, justice has been done, although members of the Manselton group would have preferred to have seen a stiffer custodial sentence and a lifetime driving ban rather than a five-year ban.
We also believe that motorists who kill pedestrians should be charged with manslaughter rather than causing death by dangerous driving.
While the process of law has taken effect, the process of making the streets of Manselton safe for children has got nowhere.
Back in April, when I addressed the council at County Hall, our call to establish a 20mph zone in Manselton received the unanimous backing of councillors.
A year after the tragedy, on September 27, we were told that the zone would be in place by the end of October. There is still no sign of work starting.How much longer do the people of Manselton have to wait? How can democratically elected councillors think they can get away with negligence on this scale? How many more serious accidents have to happen before those responsible for the highways department get off their backsides and do something positive to make our streets safe for pedestrians?
Whatever the priorities of Swansea Council may be, it is clear that road safety is not among them.
Rhodri Griffiths
Green Party Assembly Candidate South Wales West region
