ELECTORATE

Member for Goulburn Pru Goward, has announced the electorate will see three additional sets of flashing lights installed to improve road safety for children travelling to and from school.

Schools in the Goulburn electorate that will receive an additional set of flashing lights are:

The program is designed to build on the NSW governments initial roll-out, according to Ms Goward.

“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,” Ms Goward 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 this Government took the initiative to identify the most high risk schools to ensure they benefit from this extra level of protection.”

All eligible schools with multiple busy entrances were consulted in the process of selecting school zones for this program.

“We are thrilled to be receiving another set of flashing lights for the school precinct,” Principal Gaye McManus said. “Any initiative which promotes the safety of children in a high traffic area is excellent news for the community”.

The new locations for school zone flashing lights were selected by a risk assessment model, which takes into account the following factors:

Flashing lights are funded through the Community Road Safety Fund, where 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.