$10 million investment to improve school crossing safety

With Term Two of the school year commencing in less than a week, the Cook Government has announced it will invest $10 million to improve safety at warden-controlled school crossings across the State.
  • Additional $10 million to expand School Zones and Crossing Program
  • Funding will enable safety improvements at 165 school warden crossings
  • Investment will be delivered as part of the 2024-25 State Budget
  • 40km/h speed limit expanded to warden crossings outside designated school zones

With Term Two of the school year commencing in less than a week, the Cook Government has announced it will invest $10 million to improve safety at warden-controlled school crossings across the State.

The investment will allow for the expansion of the 40km/h speed limit to all warden-controlled school crossings that fall outside of existing designated school zones.

Across Western Australia, there are approximately 165 warden-controlled crossings that fall outside of the 40km/h school zone speed limit area.

The $10 million investment will support installation of electronic speed limit signage at sites where current speed limits are 60 km/h or above (93 locations) and static signage where speed limits are 50 km/h (72 locations).

The 40km/h speed limit would align with existing school zone periods – 7.30am to 9am and 2.30pm to 4pm during school terms.

The changes will mean all warden-controlled school crossings in WA will be located within 40km/h speed zones during school pick up and drop off.

The program will be implemented on a targeted schedule over coming years with the below sites identified as priorities for electronic signage this year:

  • Australian Islamic College – Kewdale Campus – Orrong Road, near Corser Street;
  • Australind Primary School/Senior High School – Paris Road, near Barnes Avenue;
  • Banksia Grove Primary School – Joondalup Drive, near Parakeelya Road;
  • Churchlands Senior High School – Pearson Road, near Hale Road;
  • Highgate Primary School - William Street, near Lincoln Street;Joseph Banks Secondary College – Pinjar Road, near Splendens Avenue;
  • Kardinya Primary School – two crossing locations on North Lake Road, near Le Souef Drive and South Street, near Pinewood Avenue;
  • Kent Street Senior High School – Berwick Street, near Rathay Street;
  • Richmond Primary School – Canning Highway, near Windsor Road;
  • Safety Bay Senior High School – Read Street, near Malibu Road; and
  • West Busselton Primary School – Bussell Highway, two crossing locations, near Johnston Avenue and Fairway Drive.

Main Roads will deliver the program with funding provided through the Road Safety Commission's Road Trauma Trust Account.

Comments attributed to Transport Minister Rita Saffioti:

"This program is pivotal to ensure increased safety for school children going to and from schools, as well as for our wardens.

"Expanding the program to reducing speeds to 40 km/h at children's crossings outside of the existing school zones emphasises our commitment to prioritising the safety of our most vulnerable road users.

"Creating safer road environments encourages parents and children to embrace more active modes of travel to and from school."

Comments attributed to Minister for Road Safety David Michael:

"I am pleased to be able to work in collaboration with Main Roads and WA Police on this important safety initiative.

"Importantly the $10 million is being made available from the Road Trauma Trust Account, which means fines from speed and red-light cameras are being used to improve road safety for some of our most vulnerable road users."

Warden crossings to be upgraded with new speed limits

No.

Street

School Holder

Carriageway

Posted Speed

1.      

Middleton Road

Albany Primary School

Single

50

2.      

Lockyer Avenue

Albany Senior High School

Single

50

3.      

North Road

John Calvin School Albany

Dual

60

4.      

Chester Pass Road

Yakamia Primary School

Dual

60

5.      

Albany Highway

North Albany SHS

Dual

60

6.      

Riseley Street

Adross Primary School

Dual

60

7.      

Riseley Street

Adross Primary School

Dual

60

8.      

Bombard Street

St Benedict's School

Single

50

9.      

South Western Highway

Armadale Senior High School

Dual

60

10.    

Armadale Road

Cecil Andrews College (Cecil Andrews Senior High School)

Dual

70

11.    

Armadale Road

John Calvin Christian College

Dual

70

12.    

Paris Road

Australind Primary School

Dual

60

13.    

The Boulevard

Treendale Primary School

Dual

60

14.    

Egerton Drive

Aveley North Primary School

Dual

50

15.    

Baldivis Road

Baldivis Secondary College

Dual

70

16.    

Baldivis Road

Baldivis Secondary College

Dual

70

17.    

Safety Bay Road

Baldivis Secondary College

Dual

70

18.    

Baldivis Road

Sheoak Grove Primary School

Single

70

19.    

Princess Road

 North Balga Primary School

Dual

50

20.    

Bellefin Drive

South Ballajura Primary School

Dual

60

21.    

Hamelin Drive

South Ballajura Primary School

Dual

50

22.    

Joondalup Drive

Banksia Grove Primary School

Dual

70

23.    

Pinjar Road

Joseph Banks Secondary College

Dual

70

24.    

Whatley Crescent

Bayswater Primary School

Single

60

25.    

King William Street

Bayswater Primary School Saint Columba's Primary School

Dual

60

26.    

Lefroy Road

Beaconsfield Primary School

Dual

50

27.    

William Street

Beckenham Primary School

Dual

60

28.    

Grand Promenade

Saint Peter's Primary School

Dual

60

29.    

Preston Point Road

Bicton Primary School

Single

50

30.    

Marmion Street

Booragoon Primary School

Dual

60

31.    

Lionel Street

Boulder Primary School

Dual

60

32.    

Ommaney Road

Brunswick Junction Primary School

Dual

50

33.    

Parry Avenue

Bull Creek Primary School

Dual

50

34.    

Parry Avenue

Oberthur Primary School

Dual

50

35.    

King Road

Cooinda Primary School

Single

50

36.    

Spencer Street

South Bunbury Primary School

Single

50

37.    

Queen Elizabeth Avenue

Cornerstone Christian College

Single

50

38.    

College Avenue

Geographe Primary School

Single

50

39.    

Bussell Highway

West Busselton Primary School

Dual

60

40.    

Bussell Highway

West Busselton Primary School

Dual

60

41.    

Marmion Avenue

Irene McCormock Catholic College

Dual

70

42.    

Abernethy Road

West Byford Primary School

Dual

60

43.    

Nicholson Road

Canning Vale College

Dual

70

44.    

Nicholson Road

Canning Vale College

Dual

70

45.    

Nicholson Road

Randford Primary School

Dual

70

46.    

Beach Road

Carine Senior High School

Dual

70

47.    

Pearson Street

Churchlands Senior High School

Dual

70

48.    

Wright Street

Belmont City College

Dual

50

49.    

Coolbellup Avenue

Coolbellup Learning Centre

Dual

50

50.    

Read Street

Safety Bay Senior High School

Dual

70

51.    

Stirling Highway

Presbyterian Ladies College

Dual

60

52.    

Bussell Highway

Cowaramup Primary School

Single

50

53.    

Broadway

Nedlands Primary School

Dual

50

54.    

Connolly Drive

Currambine Primary School

Dual

70

55.    

Waratah Avenue

Dalkeith Primary School

Dual

50

56.    

Norton Promenade

Bunbury Baptist College)

Dual

50

57.    

Cresswell Road

Carmel School

Single

50

58.    

Grand Promenade

Sutherland Dianella Primary School

Dual

60

59.    

Gifford Road

Dunsborough Primary School

Single

50

60.    

Canning Highway

Richmond Primary School

Dual

60

61.    

Berwick Street

Ursula Frayne Catholic College

Dual

60

62.    

Millard Street

Eaton Primary School

Single

50

63.    

Harbour Road Coolgardie Esperance Hwy

Esperance Primary School

Single

60

64.    

High Street

East Fremantle Primary School

Dual

60

65.    

Ord Street

John Curtin College of the Arts

Dual

50

66.    

North West Coastal Highway

Allendale Primary School

Single

60

67.    

Phelps Street

Allendale Primary School

Dual

50

68.    

North West Coastal Highway

Bluff Point Primary School

Single

70

69.    

Utakarra Road

Rangeway Primary School

Dual

50

70.    

Marangaroo Drive

Hudson Park Primary School

Dual

70

71.    

Dorothy Street

Gosnells Primary School

Dual

60

72.    

Murdoch Drive

Greenfields Primary School

Dual

50

73.    

Terrace Road

Guildford Grammar School

Dual

50

74.    

Macquarie Boulevard

Hammond Park Primary School

Single

50

75.    

Ocean Reef Road

Eddystone Primary School

Dual

70

76.    

William Street

Highgate Primary School

Dual

60

77.    

Flinders Avenue

Hillarys Primary School

Dual

50

78.    

Cook Avenue

St Mark's Anglican Community School

Single

50

79.    

Whitfords Avenue

St Mark's Anglican Community School

Dual

60

80.    

Winterfold Road

East Hamilton Hill Primary School

Single

60

81.    

Wyatt Road

Hocking Primary School

Dual

50

82.    

Beaufort Street

Inglewood Primary School

Dual

60

83.    

Central Avenue

Mount Lawley Primary School

Dual

60

84.    

Graeme Street

North Kalgoorlie Primary School

Single

60

85.    

Dampier Avenue

Springfield Primary School

Single

50

86.    

North Lake Road

Kardinya Primary School

Dual

70

87.    

South Street

Kardinya Primary School

Dual

70

88.    

Massingham Street (Great Eastern Highway)

Kellerberrin District High School

Dual

60

89.    

Albany Highway

Kelmscott Primary School

Dual

60

90.    

Westfield Road

Westfield Park Primary School

Single

50

91.    

Orrong Road (Rivervale Wattle Grove Link)

Australian Islamic College - Kewdale Campus

Dual

70

92.    

Kingsley Drive

Dalmain Primary School

Single

50

93.    

Moolanda Boulevard

Goollelal Primary School

Dual

50

94.    

Moolanda Boulevard

Halidon Primary School

Single

60

95.    

Loftus Street

Aranmore Catholic College

Single

60

96.    

Farrington Road

Leeming Primary School

Dual

50

97.    

Karel Avenue

Leeming Primary School

Dual

70

98.    

Farrington Road

West Leeming Primary School

Dual

50

99.    

Gladys Road

Lesmurdie Primary School

Single

50

100. 

Lesmurdie Road

Lesmurdie Primary School

Single

60

101. 

Grove Road

Lesmurdie Primary School

Single

50

102. 

Alcock Street

Bramfield Park Primary School

Single

60

103. 

Albany Hwy

Maddington Primary School

Dual

60

104. 

Gordon Road

North Mandurah Primary School

Dual

50

105. 

Coolibah Avenue

Dudley Park Primary School

Single

50

106. 

Mandurah Road (Lakelands Lake Clifton)

Dudley Park Primary School

Dual

70

107. 

Pinjarra Road

Coodanup Community College

Dual

60

108. 

Mandurah Terrace

North Mandurah Primary School

Dual

70

109. 

Rawlinson Drive

Rawlinson Primary School

Dual

50

110. 

Beach Road

Marmion Primary School

Dual

50

111. 

Sheppard Way

Marmion Primary School

Dual

50

112. 

Quinns Road

Peter Moyes Anglican Community School

Single

50

113. 

Beechboro Road North

Hampton Park Primary School

Dual

60

114. 

Beechboro Road North

Hampton Park Primary School & Hampton Senior High School 

Dual

60

115. 

Beechboro Road North

Hampton Senior High School

Dual

60

116. 

Albany Highway

Mount Barker Community College

Single

60

117. 

Beaufort Street

Mount Lawley Primary School

Dual

60

118. 

Clifton Crescent

Mount Lawley Primary School

Single

50

119. 

North Street

Mount Lawley Primary School

Single

50

120. 

Norma Road

Booragoon Primary School

Single

50

121. 

Nollamara Avenue

Nollamara Primary School

Single

60

122. 

Ravenswood Drive

St Gerards Primary School

Dual

60

123. 

Benara Road

Noranda Primary School

Dual

70

124. 

Constellation Drive

Beaumaris Primary School

Dual

50

125. 

Gibson Avenue

South Padbury Primary School

Single

50

126. 

Canning Highway

Bicton Primary School

Single

60

127. 

Marmion Street

Palmyra Primary School

Dual

60

128. 

Vahland Avenue

Riverton Primary School

Dual

70

129. 

Seabrooke Avenue

Bungaree Primary School

Single

50

130. 

Dixon Road

Kolbe Catholic College

Dual

60

131. 

Hawker Street

Safety Bay Primary School

Single

50

132. 

Safety Bay Road

Safety Bay Primary School

Single

60

133. 

St Helier Drive

Sacred Heart College

Single

50

134. 

West Coast Drive

Sacred Heart College

Single

50

135. 

Great Eastern Highway

Guildford Primary School

Single

60

136. 

Barrington Street

Newton Primary School

Dual

50

137. 

Hammond Road

Success Primary School

Dual

70

138. 

Forest Lakes Drive

Forest Cresent Primary School

Single

60

139. 

Hume Road

South Thornlie Primary School

Single

60

140. 

Northerly Street

Vasse Primay School

Dual

50

141. 

Berwick Street

Kent Street Senior High School

Dual

60

142. 

Burswood Road

Perth Individual College (Perth Montessori School)

Single

50

143. 

Chapman Valley Road

Waggrakine Primary School

Single

60

144. 

Read Street

South Coast Baptist College (Maranatha Christian College)

Dual

70

145. 

Swallowtail Parade

 Living Waters Lutheran College

Single

50

146. 

Currie Street

Warnbro Primary School

Single

50

147. 

Lloyd Drive

Warwick Senior High School

Single

50

148. 

Hale Road

Wattle Grove Primary School

Dual

60

149. 

Breccia Parade

Wellard Primary School

Single

50

150. 

Herdsman Parade

Lake Monger Primary School

Dual

60

151. 

Herdsman Parade

Wembley Primary School

Single

50

152. 

Jersey Street

Wembley Primary School

Single

50

153. 

Hale Road

Wembley Downs Primary School

Dual

60

154. 

Weaponess Road

Wembley Downs Primary School

Single

50

155. 

Railway Parade

Bob Hawke College

Single

50

156. 

Burrendah Blvd

Burrendah Primary School

Dual

60

157. 

Apsley Road

Orana Catholic School

Dual

60

158. 

Collins Road

Rostrata Primary School

Dual

60

159. 

Somerville Boulevard

Winthrop Primary School

Dual

60

160. 

Winthrop Drive

Winthrop Primary School

Single

50

161. 

Great Eastern Highway

Governor Stirling Senior High School

Dual

60

162. 

Rosewood Avenue

Woodlands Primary School

Single

50

163. 

Rosewood Avenue

Woodlands Primary School

Single

50

164. 

Lindsay Beach Boulevard

Yanchep Beach Primary School

Dual

50

165. 

Yangebup Road

Yangebup Primary School

Single

50


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