NSW Government zeroes in on road safety
The NSW Government is doubling roadside enforcement sites used for mobile speed cameras and unveiling more measures to counter the rising number of deaths on our roads, with actions at state and federal level.
There will be no increase in mobile speed camera enforcement hours, but cameras will be able to be deployed in 2,700 new sites across the state to reduce speeding more widely across the network.
The number of enforcement hours will remain at around 21,000 hours per month across NSW regardless of the new sites where cameras can operate.
The NSW Government today announces the actions that have been taken out of the February Road Safety Forum, with Transport for NSW to immediately begin work on:
- Partnering with up to ten regional councils to fast-track the implementation of safer speed limits, particularly in areas of high pedestrian activity
- A new look road safety communications strategy aimed at, and designed with, young people
- Reviewing up to 35 school precincts across the state for improved safety on key routes to school
- Supporting safer speeds through better lighting, placemaking and streetscape improvements for areas that have, or are introducing, permanent 40kmh and 30kmh speed zones
Read the full media release here (PDF, 104.87 KB).