By JONATHON HOWARD
SOUTHERN Downs’ constituents can now have their say about road safety with a State Government review into speed limits across Queensland.
Member for Southern Downs, Lawrence Springborg, said the aim of the review was to simplify speed limits in Queensland and ensure that they are applied consistently across the state.
“To do this the Government is conducting a state-wide review to identify roads where the speed limit may need to be increased or decreased as roads due to confusing or inconsistent speed limits, or because there are too many speed zone changes,” Mr Springborg said.
“To identify the roads to be reviewed we need input from the community.
“This is the first state-wide review conducted in Queensland and it is a great opportunity for local drivers to give the Government quality feedback that could help improve roads in our area.”
Mr Springborg said during the next five weeks, residents will have ample opportunity to have their say by making a submission.
After all submissions have been received, Transport and Main Roads will work with local councils to identify the top 100 roads.
This review is expected to take about six months to complete and the results will be published.
Submissions can be made to online at www.tmr.qld.gov.au/SpeedLimitReview until Friday, 6 September or posted to Speed Limit Review, PO Box 673, Fortitude Valley 4006.
