Tuesday, 10 September 2024

North-Eastern Metropolitan Region

Nick McGOWAN (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (13:01): (1105) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the particular question I ask is in relation to an issue that will not be new to the minister, and that is Antonio Park Primary School. As I have said on many occasions to the minister, that school is in particular need of a 40-kilometre zone right across all lanes of traffic. It currently is applied only in the slip lanes but not in the middle lanes, and there are up to eight, and in fact as many as 10 at the widest point in front of that school. In addition to that, at the top end of Deep Creek Road there is also an entrance to the school there, and that also requires a 40-kilometre zone in the critical periods of drop off and pick-up. I did write to the minister back in May, and the minister responded and said a review would be undertaken and concluded by the end of July 2024. We are well past July. Last sitting week I wrote to the minister yet again seeking an urgent response. I have yet to receive a response. The school desperately deserves a response. The children need to be safe. We need to have the 40-kilometre zones as quickly as possible.