SCHOOL ZONE TREATMENT FOR IPSWICH RD, ANNERLEY
Council has agreed to install a 275m inbound and outbound 40km/h school zone with flashing signage on Ipswich Rd outside Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School. This is an important safety measure to help protect school students using the green walk signal outside Mary Mac and Our Lady’s.
The new signs and lines will be installed in March, 2018 during school holidays. This is such good news, as it was a big issue raised with me at the recent Annerley Town Hall meeting. We will have to keep pushing for an Annerley Junction speed reduction, but this is great news for school students who need to cross the road near Mary Mac and Our Lady’s.
PEDESTRIAN COUNTDOWN TIMER AT IPSWICH RD AND DUDLEY ST
Pedestrian countdown timers will be installed at the intersection of Ipswich Rd and Dudley St before the end of the year. This is great news for those using the intersection, which is close to Junction Park State School, popular shops and bus stops.
The green walk signal here was also recently extended by five seconds, giving pedestrians more time to cross the busy intersection, which will be made even safer with the addition of the countdown timer.
Annerley Junction traders and parents from Junction Park State School witness accidents and near misses every day at this crossing. It is dangerous and lives are being needlessly put at risk. Major improvements to the crossing were completed in 2012 following a community petition of more than 600 local residents. It is staggering how many cars still seem to run through the red light putting pedestrians at risk.
PETITION FOR TRAFFIC STUDY ON IPSWICH RD
The local community has started a petition asking Council to undertake a metropolitan traffic planning study investigating the safety and efficiency of Ipswich Road. Support and funding is being sought for traffic management and landscaping solutions to improve the area’s safety and amenity, including upgrades at intersections identified as problems by the survey and meeting: Annerley Junction, Venner Rd/Waterton St and Chardon’s Corner. Sign the petition here.