Thursday, 19 March 2020
Members statements
Burwood Village speed limit
Burwood Village speed limit
My local community has been calling for improved safety through Burwood Village, and we are delivering for them. The Andrews Labor government is making Burwood Village safer for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists with a 40 kilometre-an-hour speed limit and new electronic speed signs.
The Minister for Roads and Minister for Road Safety and the TAC in the other place, the Honourable Jaala Pulford, MP, recently joined me to introduce the safer speed limit and switch on an electronic speed sign at this busy shopping and dining precinct. Also with us was Wayne Stoll, the chair of the Burwood Village Traders Association and proprietor of Prohibition Food & Wine. Wayne believes the reduced speed limit will improve the village feel of the strip and give people a chance to slow down and check out the area.
Five new electronic speed limit signs and static signs on Burwood Highway and Toorak Road will help alert drivers to this change and help ensure the safety of the many pedestrians and cyclists in the area. Between June 2014 and June 2019 there were 19 reported crashes on Burwood Highway between Charles Street and Scott Grove, with four of these crashes resulting in serious injuries.
The Andrews Labor government has invested $272 000 in these important upgrades, and residents have responded to the Leader article on the project very positively. Linden Clarke wrote that it is ‘a sensible restriction for a pedestrian area, and great that it’s only for peak hours’. She was supported by Paul Belleville, who described it as a ‘great move!’.
We are making Burwood Village safer for local residents heading out to do the shopping or grabbing a coffee at their favourite cafe—activity that is even more important as we address the savage economic impacts of coronavirus.