What’s so difficult about a school speed zone?
Monday, 07 September 2009 10:33
Sadly, despite the approval of a school speed zone trial in central Kenmore we are still waiting on the Department Main Roads to get off their backside and actually put it in place.This is all the more frustrating because local residents, schools and myself have fought for years to try to improve the local safety of school students in central Kenmore.
While we were delighted to be given a trial period it seems ridiculous that after months, still nothing has happened. We have only about one term of school left for this year.
There is not a lot of call for a school speed zone during the Christmas holidays!
I wrote again to the Minister whose reply comprised these three paragraphs:
Thank you for your letter of 3 August 2009, about the issue of a school speed zone trial in the central Kenmore area.
I have been advised the design of the trial is being progressed by the Department of Transport and Main Roads as a matter of priority.
Officers from the department will contact you with further information, including a commencement date for the trial, once the program for the works is finalised.
I will keep on their case about it but it seems ridiculous that it is so difficult to take such a simple measure and make it so slow and complicated.