Road safety improvements have only been implemented at two public schools, although Government recommended that a series of improvements be made to all schools earlier this year.

A survey by revealed that safety measures have been put in place at Whitney Institute and Francis Patton Primary but most Government schools are still awaiting the improvements which were announced in February.

The road safety improvements to help create a ?school zone? were announced after the death of six-year-old Tyaisha Cox last summer.

The new measures came from a technical committee set up after Tyaisha was hit by a car while crossing the road outside of Purvis Primary School in Warwick on her way to summer camp.

Recommendations included the creation of ?school zones? with lower speed limits, better road markings and signs, adding anti-skid coatings to road surfaces approaching bus stops and building elevated crosswalks and sidewalks near schools.

Whitney Institute, in Smith?s Parish has seen all of the recommendations implemented save for an elevated crosswalk and lowered speed limit.

Two signs in both directions, have been erected that read 35 kph ? which is the speed limit in Bermuda. There is also a sign cautioning drivers to slow down.

Francis Patton Primary, in Hamilton Parish, has only had red, anti-skid markings placed outside it.

None of the other 22 Government Schools (Middle, Senior and Primary) have implemented the road safety recommendations ? including Purvis Primary, where Tyaisha Cox lost her life.

However, some sidewalks surrounding bus stops have been created if they did not already exist.

A sidewalk at Purvis has been created on one side of the street, but it is less than a foot wide.

And a wide sidewalk was built at East End Primary recently, to create a safe walk for students going to catch the bus at the nearby bus depot.

An educator at Northlands Primary, who refused to be named, said that traffic lights on Berkeley Hill have been installed to stop traffic when students cross the street.

However, she said no improved road markings have been created.

She said drivers speed on the hill and a large school zone sign is needed at both ends of Berkeley Hill to inform drivers they are entering a school zone.

Most schools have small, school signs near them but some signs are difficult for drivers to see.

The speed limit has not been lowered in any school zone in Bermuda and the only school with an elevated crosswalk is Dellwood Middle School.

Some schools like Clearwater Middle School, Prospect Primary, St. David?s Primary, St. George?s Preparatory and East End Primary are situated on fairly quiet roads.

But schools like Spice Valley Middle School, Bermuda Institute, Northlands Primary and Berkeley Institute are located on very busy roads ? yet none of the recommendations have been taken to improve road safety.

Minister of Education Terry Lister refused to comment on the issue of improving road safety near schools when contacted by.