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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 509 asked in the Legislative Council on 14 June 2022 by Hon Sophia Moermond

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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.