Pedestrian Safety
Bellbowrie Pedestrian Crossing?
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 15:21
Following a strident campaign by myself and local residents to have a pedestrian crossing in the vicinity of the Bellbowrie bus stop the Main Roads Department have approved a business case for the installation of traffic lights at the Moggill Road and Birkin Road intersection to improve motorist and pedestrian safety. I am absolutely delighted but we should not get too excited because now the business case has to be submitted for funding through the Safer Roads Sooner Committee.
A pedestrian crossing in this vicinity is desperately needed and I have spent the past five years calling for better safety through this area. There have been at least six significant accidents at the Moggill Road/Birkin Road intersection for vehicles and it does appear to be a no-brainer that would improve safety substantially.
To read the Department of Main Roads letter please click here.
I have written to the Safer Roads Sooner Committee urging that they adopt the recommendation.
School Speed Zone Central Kenmore
Thursday, 18 June 2009 16:56
After years of fighting to obtain a school speed zone in central Kenmore, it appears we may be gradually winning.
The Government has indicated to me that it will allow a three month trial of a 40 kilometre an hour school speed zone in front of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic School in central Kenmore. The Government has also indicated that it will consider a similar trial in front of Kenmore State School in central Kenmore.
Would flashing lights on school speed zone signs during their hours of operation help school safety?
Thursday, 07 May 2009 14:25
One local resident wrote to me having observed that in some jurisdictions flashing lights are attached to school speed zones during the hours that the speed reduction is in force to draw drivers attention to it.
What will it take to get the Government to make Grandview/Moggill Road safe?
Tuesday, 28 April 2009 12:28
Below is yet another account from a local resident of a near and potentially fatal miss near the intersection of Grandview Road and Moggill Road.
You may be aware we have conducted a vigorous battle to get a proper crossing in this area given the clearly, extremely dangerous state of this road and the need for many people to cross it to access the bus stop.
Read more: What will it take to get the Government to make Grandview/Moggill Road safe?
Minister’s comments unwittingly support School Zone on Moggill Road
Wednesday, 28 January 2009 16:01
The Minister for Transport’s “back to school” press release about enforcement of school speed zones is one of the best arguments I have seen in support of a school speed zone on Moggill Road at Kenmore.
The Minister says in his press release ‘a car travelling at 40 kph can stop more than 11 metres sooner than one travelling at 60 kph, this difference can literally mean the difference between life and death.”
Well Minister, we here in Kenmore wholeheartedly agree with you and wonder why if you mean it, you continue to refuse to give a school speed zone along Moggill Road where the speed limit is coincidentally 60kph. Click here to read Minister Mickel’s press release.
Read more: Minister’s comments unwittingly support School Zone on Moggill Road
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