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MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION N0. 525
Road Safety - Through-Traffic Study
Mr Cornwell - asked the Minister for Urban Services:
When is it expected that the six suburb through-traffic study, identifying areas of greatest need, which was due for release for public comment in July 1992, (your letter of 13 May 1992 to Theodore Street Action Group), now will be available for public comment?
Mr Connolly - the answer to Mr Cornwells question is as follows:
Progress on the study of through-traffic in the older areas of Canberra has been slower than originally anticipated. The study is being carried out by the Traffic sub-section of my Department, an operational area concerned with traffic safety and road crashes. It is therefore inevitable that unforeseeable events sometimes alter the priority of particular projects, necessitating the re-allocation of resources and the revision of timetables. For example, pedestrian safety in the vicinity of schools is considered a high priority matter and any traffic accidents involving school children must be investigated immediately.
The assessment of through-traffic in six of the older areas of Canberra is continuing and has been expanded to include data on traffic noise and accident rates. It is now anticipated that the results of this assessment will be available in June 1993.
On 21 December 1992, I wrote to the Theodore Street Action Group advising that work on the study had been delayed.
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