North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Richard WELCH (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (13:00): (1831) My constituency matter is for the minister for transport. Our Lady’s Primary School on busy Elgar Road, near the corner of Canterbury Road in Surrey Hills in my electorate, has well over 200 students and families from Surrey Hills, Box Hill and surrounding areas, many of whom need to risk crossing busy Elgar Road to enter the school gate. Late last year Our Lady’s contacted VicRoads to request a traditional 40-kilometre speed limit on the road during school pick-up and drop-off hours in line with other schools on major thoroughfares, but as yet there has been no outcome communicated to the school community. The school is genuinely concerned about the dangers to schoolchildren, their parents and crossing supervisors on this road and about a number of recent near misses involving that traffic. Could I ask the minister to advise on the status of this matter and work with the school and school community to address this significant risk?