Member for Davidson, Jonathan O’Dea said his electorate will share in a $5 million program to install school zone flashing lights where schools have multiple busy entrances, and have higher road safety risks.
The Davidson electorate will receive nine additional sets of flashing lights to improve school road safety at:
- Sydney Grammar Preparatory School, Ayres Road, St Ives
- Lindfield Public School, Grosvenor Road
- Killara High School, Churchill Road
- Roseville Public School, Addison Avenue/Duntroon Avenue
- Roseville College, Victoria Street
- Castle Cove Public School, Deepwater Road
- St Ives High School/St Ives Public School, Yarrabung Road
- Belrose Public School, Cotentin Road
- Frenchs Forest Public School, Grace Avenue
“This will build on the NSW Government’s initial rollout which ensured all eligible schools across NSW had at least one set of flashing lights,” Mr O’Dea said.
“Children are some of our most vulnerable road users, and we know school zone flashing lights are an effective way of warning drivers and riders to slow down to improve safety.
“It’s great that the Government has identified the most high risk schools to ensure they benefit from this extra level of protection,” he said.
The new locations for school zone flashing lights were selected by a risk assessment model which takes into account a number of factors including approach speed, pedestrian numbers, traffic volumes, and heavy vehicle traffic volumes.
All eligible schools with multiple busy entrances were consulted in the process of selecting the school zones for this program.
Flashing lights are funded through the Community Road Safety Fund, whereby all speed and red light camera fines go directly towards vital road safety programs.
School zones are enforced on government gazetted school days to ensure operation dates and times are consistent and easy to follow.
