ROAD SAFETY — BUSSELL HIGHWAY
509. Hon SOPHIA MOERMOND to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Transport:
Residents in Capel have long
expressed concern about the safety of the Capel Road turn-off at Bussell
Highway, where the speed limit is 110 kilometres
an hour and there have been six deaths in six years, most recently of a 29-year-old
father of two.
(1) Has the speed
limit at the Capel Road turn-off been temporarily reduced, considering this
recent tragedy?
(2) Will the
speed limit at the Capel Road turn-off be permanently reduced; and, if so, what
will the new speed limit be?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) The
speed limit on the 2.5 kilometre section of Bussell Highway from just north of
Halls Road to just south of Spurr Street was reduced to 80 kilometres an hour
effective Friday, 10 June 2022.