Wednesday, 18 February 2026

 John BERGER (Southern Metropolitan) (18:24): (2323) My adjournment matter is directed to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Last year 290 people lost their lives on Victorian roads. That is still 290 lives too many. The Allan Labor government announced in late 2024 the Road Safety Action Plan 2, delivering increased road safety infrastructure and increased enforcement of regulations over the next four years to reduce road deaths and trauma and investing over $1.1 billion with the goal of halving road deaths and significantly reducing road trauma by 2030. A key target of this action plan is to protect vulnerable and unprotected road users, including children, through signalling infrastructure on high-interface urban intersections, education initiatives, enforcement of compliance and more.

Concerned parents and staff of South Yarra Primary School in my electorate of Southern Metropolitan Region have reached out to our office regarding noncompliance by motorists with school-zone speed limits and signalling on the intersection of Punt Road and Pasley Street, which puts schoolchildren from South Yarra Primary School at risk of harm when crossing a high-traffic road. The action that I seek is for the minister to provide my office with further information on the enforcement of road laws at this location.