CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A typical weekday morning means the road off FM 43 is bustling with traffic.
Parents like Nikki Pereira said walking their kids to school along the road is dangerous.
"This is every day, families from the neighborhood are trying to leave, and families are dropping off at school are also trying to get back on the main road after the drop off," Pereira said.
A group of concerned residents are searching for answers about the lack of sidewalks along County Road 33 dubbed 'London Pirate Road' between London Elementary School and the London Towne development, less than a mile stretch.
The residents are calling for the neighborhood developer and the City of Corpus Christi to work together to provide pedestrian safety, secondary access and adequate infrastructure along the roadway.
"As you can see how congested and busy the roads are," parent Elaine Rivera said. "We've learned as far back as 2020 it was agreed upon between the City, County, as well as some developers this should already be a four-lane with sidewalks on each side. Nothing has been done."
That's why a group of concerned community members walked the path Monday all to raise awareness, holding signs that read 'pedestrian safety for our kids.'
"A sidewalk that should have been built four years ago, bare minimum two years ago, when it really started gaining traction here in the community," resident William Hargraves said. "That something needs to be done because that's unacceptable."
As more homes are built, this part of the city continues to grow, and so do those concerns.
"We got a first hand look at what it's like for any of the children that do attend," Rivera said "And I know there's a lot of times they try to avoid it and it causes them to go into a muddy field and they don't want to walk that. This was not fun."
3NEWS reached out to developer Bart Braselton who explained the city annexed London Pirate Road, or CR 33, about two years after the London Towne subdivision was started. The road was originally owned by the county.
Braselton said at some point the city will improve the road shown on the Master Transportation Plan which is suppose to include sidewalks.
Until then, the developer created a pathway to help kids get to the school where Excelsior Boulevard dead ends.
He further said there are future plans to connect Lady Claudia Street, in the neighboring development, to CR 33. A road that will also have sidewalks.
That's expected to be under construction by mid 2025.
3NEWS also reached out to the City which said there are no current improvement projects for CR 33.
The City said the developers are required to improve the area adjacent to their development as they develop, building from the center of the street to their side.
At this time, there is no requirement for the developer to begin improvements on their side of the road.
The City said when the plats are submitted and approved by planning commission, public improvements like sidewalks should begin within a two-year window, but it is at the developer's pace.
The City is coordinating with the developer to see if they can both expedite road and sidewalk improvements.