Cootamundra Public School is one of eight schools set to receive an additional set of flashing lights to improve road safety for families travelling to and from school.
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Member for Cootamundra Katrina Hodgkinson said this latest rollout will build on the NSW Government’s initial rollout which ensured all eligible schools across NSW had at least one set of flashing lights.
“Children are some of our most vulnerable road users, and we know school zone flashing lights are an effective way of warning drivers to slow down to improve the safety of our kids,” Ms Hodgkinson said.
She said the new locations for school zone flashing lights were selected by a risk assessment model which takes into account a number of factors including approach speed, pedestrian numbers, traffic volumes, and heavy vehicle traffic volumes.
All eligible schools with multiple busy entrances were consulted in the process of selecting school zones for this program, according to Ms Hodgkinson.
Other schools to receive the additional lights include Cowra Public School, Young Public School, Young North Public School, Coolamon Central School, Temora High School, Young High School and Hennessy Catholic College.
Flashing lights are funded through the Community Road Safety Fund, where all speed and red light camera fines go directly towards vital road safety programs.
School zones are enforced on government gazetted school days to ensure operation dates and times are consistent and easy to follow.