$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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$10 million investment to improve school crossing safety

Hon. Rita Saffioti

Hon. David Michael

Acknowledgement of Country