Member for Davidson, Jonathan O'Dea has welcomed the announcement of the top 100 roads to be reviewed as part of the NSW Government’s audit of speed zones.
“In the Ku-ring-gai Local Government Area there are two roads selected to be reviewed, as nominated by the community. They are the Pacific Highway and Mona Vale Road,” Mr O'Dea said.
“As part of the audit, the Safer Roads NSW website was launched in July and since then more than 2,600 people have had their say about speed limits and speed limit signs.
“The information provided by the community has helped the NSW Centre for Road Safety to prioritise road corridors to be reviewed.
“The audit aims to strike a balance between the right speed zone for the road conditions and not having an excessive number of speed changes. The results of the speed zone reviews will help determine whether a change to the speed limit is needed.
Mr O'Dea said, "The top 100 roads for review are listed on the Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) website.
“Reviews will be carried out in line with the NSW Speed Zoning Guidelines and will consider a number of factors including road environment, traffic characteristics and crash profiles.
“The reviews will be undertaken by the RMS and completed by the end of March 2012.
“Any feedback submitted to the Safer Roads NSW website by the community will be reviewed and considered as part of an ongoing program of speed zone reviews. I encourage the community to keep visiting the website and sending in their comments," Mr O'Dea said.
“In addition, the Safer Roads NSW website now offers an email update service which people can sign up to and receive updates about upcoming permanent speed limit changes in their nominated area.
Mr O'Dea said, "Feedback can be provided by going to www.rms.nsw.gov.au, clicking on the Roads tab and following the Safer Roads NSW website link."
