❓ The Minister for Road Safety outlines the Cook government's $10 million investment to improve safety at 165 school crossings by extending 40km/h speed zones and installing electronic and static speed signs. The initiative aims to protect schoolchildren, families, and crossing wardens.
AnsweredQoN 239Legislative Assembly
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ROAD
SAFETY — SCHOOL CROSSINGS
239. Ms C.M. TONKIN to the Minister for Road Safety:
I refer to the Cook Labor
government's commitment to improving safety on roads across Western Australia.
Can the minister outline to the house how this government is prioritising the
safety of kids travelling to and from school through safety improvements at 165
school crossings across the state, including some in my electorate?
SAFETY — SCHOOL CROSSINGS
239. Ms C.M. TONKIN to the Minister for Road Safety:
I refer to the Cook Labor
government's commitment to improving safety on roads across Western Australia.
Can the minister outline to the house how this government is prioritising the
safety of kids travelling to and from school through safety improvements at 165
school crossings across the state, including some in my electorate?
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I thank the member for the
question. Like most, if not all, electorates in the state, our local
communities care deeply about road safety, especially the communities in the
seat of Churchlands. I say that as a former candidate for Churchlands, along
with the member for South Perth over there. I know that even back then, the
people of Churchlands cared deeply about road safety. I thank the member for
her ongoing advocacy and support in targeting some of these important projects,
especially for that commute for families and kids across the state to and from
school, and for working with local governments and the state government on all
those other road safety issues in the electorate of Churchlands.
Last week, the Minister for
Transport and I announced that the Cook government will be leading the charge
on road safety by investing an extra $10 million to expand the school zones and
crossings program. It will be funded from the road trauma trust account. Every
single cent from our road cameras goes into that account. This is a great
example of how that funding can be used. This $10 million investment will
extend 40-kilometre-an-hour speed zones to all 165 warden-controlled crossings
that currently just fall outside of the 40-kilometre school zone limit. Of
course, like regular school zones, these speed limits will only be in place at
times that align with the current school zone times during school terms. This
investment by the Cook government is aimed at supporting the installation of
electronic speed limit signs at 93 sites where current speed limits are posted
at or above 60 kilometres an hour. Further,
the commitment will also enable the installation of static speed signs at a further
72 locations where the speed limits
are currently posted at 50 kilometres an hour. The member will be aware—hopefully,
her community will be very happy—that in her electorate this
will impact Churchlands Senior High School, Lake Monger Primary School, Wembley Primary School, Wembley Downs
Primary School and Woodlands Primary School. I would like to take a moment
to rattle off a few other sites that will form part of the delivery of these
projects. They are West Busselton Primary
School, Kellerberrin District High School, Lesmurdie Primary School, Baldivis
Secondary College and Cowaramup Primary School, just to name a few. This
program is no doubt crucial in increasing the safety of our schoolchildren and
their families and communities going to and from school, but it is also
important to ensure the safety of wardens working on these busy routes. I think
we should all encourage more people to put up their hand to be wardens in their
local communities. I am sure that when we talk to wardens in our communities,
they all have a story to tell about a close shave or one or two incidents in
which a driver has done the wrong thing and
has not obeyed street signs. This targeted program, which will reduce speeds to
40 kilometres an hour at children's crossings outside the
existing school zones, highlights our government's commitment to
prioritising the safety of our most vulnerable road users. I am proud to be
part of a Cook government that prioritises road safety. I thank the member very
much for her continued advocacy.
The SPEAKER : The member for
Cottesloe with the last question.
question. Like most, if not all, electorates in the state, our local
communities care deeply about road safety, especially the communities in the
seat of Churchlands. I say that as a former candidate for Churchlands, along
with the member for South Perth over there. I know that even back then, the
people of Churchlands cared deeply about road safety. I thank the member for
her ongoing advocacy and support in targeting some of these important projects,
especially for that commute for families and kids across the state to and from
school, and for working with local governments and the state government on all
those other road safety issues in the electorate of Churchlands.
Last week, the Minister for
Transport and I announced that the Cook government will be leading the charge
on road safety by investing an extra $10 million to expand the school zones and
crossings program. It will be funded from the road trauma trust account. Every
single cent from our road cameras goes into that account. This is a great
example of how that funding can be used. This $10 million investment will
extend 40-kilometre-an-hour speed zones to all 165 warden-controlled crossings
that currently just fall outside of the 40-kilometre school zone limit. Of
course, like regular school zones, these speed limits will only be in place at
times that align with the current school zone times during school terms. This
investment by the Cook government is aimed at supporting the installation of
electronic speed limit signs at 93 sites where current speed limits are posted
at or above 60 kilometres an hour. Further,
the commitment will also enable the installation of static speed signs at a further
72 locations where the speed limits
are currently posted at 50 kilometres an hour. The member will be aware—hopefully,
her community will be very happy—that in her electorate this
will impact Churchlands Senior High School, Lake Monger Primary School, Wembley Primary School, Wembley Downs
Primary School and Woodlands Primary School. I would like to take a moment
to rattle off a few other sites that will form part of the delivery of these
projects. They are West Busselton Primary
School, Kellerberrin District High School, Lesmurdie Primary School, Baldivis
Secondary College and Cowaramup Primary School, just to name a few. This
program is no doubt crucial in increasing the safety of our schoolchildren and
their families and communities going to and from school, but it is also
important to ensure the safety of wardens working on these busy routes. I think
we should all encourage more people to put up their hand to be wardens in their
local communities. I am sure that when we talk to wardens in our communities,
they all have a story to tell about a close shave or one or two incidents in
which a driver has done the wrong thing and
has not obeyed street signs. This targeted program, which will reduce speeds to
40 kilometres an hour at children's crossings outside the
existing school zones, highlights our government's commitment to
prioritising the safety of our most vulnerable road users. I am proud to be
part of a Cook government that prioritises road safety. I thank the member very
much for her continued advocacy.
The SPEAKER : The member for
Cottesloe with the last question.
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