❓ Hon Ken Travers questions the safety assessments undertaken by Main Roads WA before approving freeway billboards and requests the tabling of relevant reports. The parliamentary secretary provides the publicly available 'Advertising Sign Guidelines' document.
AnsweredQoN 821Legislative Council
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MAIN ROADS
— ROADSIDE ADVERTISING
821. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Transport:
(1) What
safety assessments did Main Roads WA undertake prior to approving billboards
alongside freeways?
(2) Will the
minister table all reports or assessments that were relied upon to make the
decision to trial the billboards?
(3) If no to (2), why not?
— ROADSIDE ADVERTISING
821. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Transport:
(1) What
safety assessments did Main Roads WA undertake prior to approving billboards
alongside freeways?
(2) Will the
minister table all reports or assessments that were relied upon to make the
decision to trial the billboards?
(3) If no to (2), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
(1) Main Roads
has developed ''Advertising Sign Guidelines — A Guide to the
Management of Roadside Advertising'' to safely manage all types of
advertising signs that are installed along highways, main roads and freeways.
(2) The
document is publicly available on the Main Roads public website; however, for
members' convenience, a copy of this publicly available report is
tabled.
(3) Not applicable.
[See paper 1024.]
question.
(1) Main Roads
has developed ''Advertising Sign Guidelines — A Guide to the
Management of Roadside Advertising'' to safely manage all types of
advertising signs that are installed along highways, main roads and freeways.
(2) The
document is publicly available on the Main Roads public website; however, for
members' convenience, a copy of this publicly available report is
tabled.
(3) Not applicable.
[See paper 1024.]
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