- Additional $10 million to expand School Zones and Crossing Program
- Funding will enable safety improvements at 165 school warden crossings
- Investment will be delivered as part of the 2024-25 State Budget
- 40km/h speed limit expanded to warden crossings outside designated school zones
With Term Two of the school year commencing in less than a week, the Cook Government has announced it will invest $10 million to improve safety at warden-controlled school crossings across the State.
The investment will allow for the expansion of the 40km/h speed limit to all warden-controlled school crossings that fall outside of existing designated school zones.
Across Western Australia, there are approximately 165 warden-controlled crossings that fall outside of the 40km/h school zone speed limit area.
The $10 million investment will support installation of electronic speed limit signage at sites where current speed limits are 60 km/h or above (93 locations) and static signage where speed limits are 50 km/h (72 locations).
The 40km/h speed limit would align with existing school zone periods 7.30am to 9am and 2.30pm to 4pm during school terms.
The changes will mean all warden-controlled school crossings in WA will be located within 40km/h speed zones during school pick up and drop off.
The program will be implemented on a targeted schedule over coming years with the below sites identified as priorities for electronic signage this year:
- Australian Islamic College Kewdale Campus Orrong Road, near Corser Street;
- Australind Primary School/Senior High School Paris Road, near Barnes Avenue;
- Banksia Grove Primary School Joondalup Drive, near Parakeelya Road;
- Churchlands Senior High School Pearson Road, near Hale Road;
- Highgate Primary School - William Street, near Lincoln Street;Joseph Banks Secondary College Pinjar Road, near Splendens Avenue;
- Kardinya Primary School two crossing locations on North Lake Road, near Le Souef Drive and South Street, near Pinewood Avenue;
- Kent Street Senior High School Berwick Street, near Rathay Street;
- Richmond Primary School Canning Highway, near Windsor Road;
- Safety Bay Senior High School Read Street, near Malibu Road; and
- West Busselton Primary School Bussell Highway, two crossing locations, near Johnston Avenue and Fairway Drive.
Main Roads will deliver the program with funding provided through the Road Safety Commission's Road Trauma Trust Account.
As stated by Transport Minister Rita Saffioti:
"This program is pivotal to ensure increased safety for school children going to and from schools, as well as for our wardens.
"Expanding the program to reducing speeds to 40 km/h at children's crossings outside of the existing school zones emphasises our commitment to prioritising the safety of our most vulnerable road users.
"Creating safer road environments encourages parents and children to embrace more active modes of travel to and from school."
As stated by Minister for Road Safety David Michael:
"I am pleased to be able to work in collaboration with Main Roads and WA Police on this important safety initiative.
"Importantly the $10 million is being made available from the Road Trauma Trust Account, which means fines from speed and red-light cameras are being used to improve road safety for some of our most vulnerable road users."
Warden crossings to be upgraded with new speed limits
No. |
Street |
School Holder |
Carriageway |
Posted Speed |
1. |
Middleton Road |
Albany Primary School |
Single |
50 |
2. |
Lockyer Avenue |
Albany Senior High School |
Single |
50 |
3. |
North Road |
John Calvin School Albany |
Dual |
60 |
4. |
Chester Pass Road |
Yakamia Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
5. |
Albany Highway |
North Albany SHS |
Dual |
60 |
6. |
Riseley Street |
Adross Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
7. |
Riseley Street |
Adross Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
8. |
Bombard Street |
St Benedict's School |
Single |
50 |
9. |
South Western Highway |
Armadale Senior High School |
Dual |
60 |
10. |
Armadale Road |
Cecil Andrews College (Cecil Andrews Senior High School) |
Dual |
70 |
11. |
Armadale Road |
John Calvin Christian College |
Dual |
70 |
12. |
Paris Road |
Australind Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
13. |
The Boulevard |
Treendale Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
14. |
Egerton Drive |
Aveley North Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
15. |
Baldivis Road |
Baldivis Secondary College |
Dual |
70 |
16. |
Baldivis Road |
Baldivis Secondary College |
Dual |
70 |
17. |
Safety Bay Road |
Baldivis Secondary College |
Dual |
70 |
18. |
Baldivis Road |
Sheoak Grove Primary School |
Single |
70 |
19. |
Princess Road |
North Balga Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
20. |
Bellefin Drive |
South Ballajura Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
21. |
Hamelin Drive |
South Ballajura Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
22. |
Joondalup Drive |
Banksia Grove Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
23. |
Pinjar Road |
Joseph Banks Secondary College |
Dual |
70 |
24. |
Whatley Crescent |
Bayswater Primary School |
Single |
60 |
25. |
King William Street |
Bayswater Primary School Saint Columba's Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
26. |
Lefroy Road |
Beaconsfield Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
27. |
William Street |
Beckenham Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
28. |
Grand Promenade |
Saint Peter's Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
29. |
Preston Point Road |
Bicton Primary School |
Single |
50 |
30. |
Marmion Street |
Booragoon Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
31. |
Lionel Street |
Boulder Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
32. |
Ommaney Road |
Brunswick Junction Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
33. |
Parry Avenue |
Bull Creek Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
34. |
Parry Avenue |
Oberthur Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
35. |
King Road |
Cooinda Primary School |
Single |
50 |
36. |
Spencer Street |
South Bunbury Primary School |
Single |
50 |
37. |
Queen Elizabeth Avenue |
Cornerstone Christian College |
Single |
50 |
38. |
College Avenue |
Geographe Primary School |
Single |
50 |
39. |
Bussell Highway |
West Busselton Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
40. |
Bussell Highway |
West Busselton Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
41. |
Marmion Avenue |
Irene McCormock Catholic College |
Dual |
70 |
42. |
Abernethy Road |
West Byford Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
43. |
Nicholson Road |
Canning Vale College |
Dual |
70 |
44. |
Nicholson Road |
Canning Vale College |
Dual |
70 |
45. |
Nicholson Road |
Randford Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
46. |
Beach Road |
Carine Senior High School |
Dual |
70 |
47. |
Pearson Street |
Churchlands Senior High School |
Dual |
70 |
48. |
Wright Street |
Belmont City College |
Dual |
50 |
49. |
Coolbellup Avenue |
Coolbellup Learning Centre |
Dual |
50 |
50. |
Read Street |
Safety Bay Senior High School |
Dual |
70 |
51. |
Stirling Highway |
Presbyterian Ladies College |
Dual |
60 |
52. |
Bussell Highway |
Cowaramup Primary School |
Single |
50 |
53. |
Broadway |
Nedlands Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
54. |
Connolly Drive |
Currambine Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
55. |
Waratah Avenue |
Dalkeith Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
56. |
Norton Promenade |
Bunbury Baptist College) |
Dual |
50 |
57. |
Cresswell Road |
Carmel School |
Single |
50 |
58. |
Grand Promenade |
Sutherland Dianella Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
59. |
Gifford Road |
Dunsborough Primary School |
Single |
50 |
60. |
Canning Highway |
Richmond Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
61. |
Berwick Street |
Ursula Frayne Catholic College |
Dual |
60 |
62. |
Millard Street |
Eaton Primary School |
Single |
50 |
63. |
Harbour Road Coolgardie Esperance Hwy |
Esperance Primary School |
Single |
60 |
64. |
High Street |
East Fremantle Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
65. |
Ord Street |
John Curtin College of the Arts |
Dual |
50 |
66. |
North West Coastal Highway |
Allendale Primary School |
Single |
60 |
67. |
Phelps Street |
Allendale Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
68. |
North West Coastal Highway |
Bluff Point Primary School |
Single |
70 |
69. |
Utakarra Road |
Rangeway Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
70. |
Marangaroo Drive |
Hudson Park Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
71. |
Dorothy Street |
Gosnells Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
72. |
Murdoch Drive |
Greenfields Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
73. |
Terrace Road |
Guildford Grammar School |
Dual |
50 |
74. |
Macquarie Boulevard |
Hammond Park Primary School |
Single |
50 |
75. |
Ocean Reef Road |
Eddystone Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
76. |
William Street |
Highgate Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
77. |
Flinders Avenue |
Hillarys Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
78. |
Cook Avenue |
St Mark's Anglican Community School |
Single |
50 |
79. |
Whitfords Avenue |
St Mark's Anglican Community School |
Dual |
60 |
80. |
Winterfold Road |
East Hamilton Hill Primary School |
Single |
60 |
81. |
Wyatt Road |
Hocking Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
82. |
Beaufort Street |
Inglewood Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
83. |
Central Avenue |
Mount Lawley Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
84. |
Graeme Street |
North Kalgoorlie Primary School |
Single |
60 |
85. |
Dampier Avenue |
Springfield Primary School |
Single |
50 |
86. |
North Lake Road |
Kardinya Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
87. |
South Street |
Kardinya Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
88. |
Massingham Street (Great Eastern Highway) |
Kellerberrin District High School |
Dual |
60 |
89. |
Albany Highway |
Kelmscott Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
90. |
Westfield Road |
Westfield Park Primary School |
Single |
50 |
91. |
Orrong Road (Rivervale Wattle Grove Link) |
Australian Islamic College - Kewdale Campus |
Dual |
70 |
92. |
Kingsley Drive |
Dalmain Primary School |
Single |
50 |
93. |
Moolanda Boulevard |
Goollelal Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
94. |
Moolanda Boulevard |
Halidon Primary School |
Single |
60 |
95. |
Loftus Street |
Aranmore Catholic College |
Single |
60 |
96. |
Farrington Road |
Leeming Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
97. |
Karel Avenue |
Leeming Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
98. |
Farrington Road |
West Leeming Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
99. |
Gladys Road |
Lesmurdie Primary School |
Single |
50 |
100. |
Lesmurdie Road |
Lesmurdie Primary School |
Single |
60 |
101. |
Grove Road |
Lesmurdie Primary School |
Single |
50 |
102. |
Alcock Street |
Bramfield Park Primary School |
Single |
60 |
103. |
Albany Hwy |
Maddington Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
104. |
Gordon Road |
North Mandurah Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
105. |
Coolibah Avenue |
Dudley Park Primary School |
Single |
50 |
106. |
Mandurah Road (Lakelands Lake Clifton) |
Dudley Park Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
107. |
Pinjarra Road |
Coodanup Community College |
Dual |
60 |
108. |
Mandurah Terrace |
North Mandurah Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
109. |
Rawlinson Drive |
Rawlinson Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
110. |
Beach Road |
Marmion Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
111. |
Sheppard Way |
Marmion Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
112. |
Quinns Road |
Peter Moyes Anglican Community School |
Single |
50 |
113. |
Beechboro Road North |
Hampton Park Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
114. |
Beechboro Road North |
Hampton Park Primary School & Hampton Senior High School |
Dual |
60 |
115. |
Beechboro Road North |
Hampton Senior High School |
Dual |
60 |
116. |
Albany Highway |
Mount Barker Community College |
Single |
60 |
117. |
Beaufort Street |
Mount Lawley Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
118. |
Clifton Crescent |
Mount Lawley Primary School |
Single |
50 |
119. |
North Street |
Mount Lawley Primary School |
Single |
50 |
120. |
Norma Road |
Booragoon Primary School |
Single |
50 |
121. |
Nollamara Avenue |
Nollamara Primary School |
Single |
60 |
122. |
Ravenswood Drive |
St Gerards Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
123. |
Benara Road |
Noranda Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
124. |
Constellation Drive |
Beaumaris Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
125. |
Gibson Avenue |
South Padbury Primary School |
Single |
50 |
126. |
Canning Highway |
Bicton Primary School |
Single |
60 |
127. |
Marmion Street |
Palmyra Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
128. |
Vahland Avenue |
Riverton Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
129. |
Seabrooke Avenue |
Bungaree Primary School |
Single |
50 |
130. |
Dixon Road |
Kolbe Catholic College |
Dual |
60 |
131. |
Hawker Street |
Safety Bay Primary School |
Single |
50 |
132. |
Safety Bay Road |
Safety Bay Primary School |
Single |
60 |
133. |
St Helier Drive |
Sacred Heart College |
Single |
50 |
134. |
West Coast Drive |
Sacred Heart College |
Single |
50 |
135. |
Great Eastern Highway |
Guildford Primary School |
Single |
60 |
136. |
Barrington Street |
Newton Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
137. |
Hammond Road |
Success Primary School |
Dual |
70 |
138. |
Forest Lakes Drive |
Forest Cresent Primary School |
Single |
60 |
139. |
Hume Road |
South Thornlie Primary School |
Single |
60 |
140. |
Northerly Street |
Vasse Primay School |
Dual |
50 |
141. |
Berwick Street |
Kent Street Senior High School |
Dual |
60 |
142. |
Burswood Road |
Perth Individual College (Perth Montessori School) |
Single |
50 |
143. |
Chapman Valley Road |
Waggrakine Primary School |
Single |
60 |
144. |
Read Street |
South Coast Baptist College (Maranatha Christian College) |
Dual |
70 |
145. |
Swallowtail Parade |
Living Waters Lutheran College |
Single |
50 |
146. |
Currie Street |
Warnbro Primary School |
Single |
50 |
147. |
Lloyd Drive |
Warwick Senior High School |
Single |
50 |
148. |
Hale Road |
Wattle Grove Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
149. |
Breccia Parade |
Wellard Primary School |
Single |
50 |
150. |
Herdsman Parade |
Lake Monger Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
151. |
Herdsman Parade |
Wembley Primary School |
Single |
50 |
152. |
Jersey Street |
Wembley Primary School |
Single |
50 |
153. |
Hale Road |
Wembley Downs Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
154. |
Weaponess Road |
Wembley Downs Primary School |
Single |
50 |
155. |
Railway Parade |
Bob Hawke College |
Single |
50 |
156. |
Burrendah Blvd |
Burrendah Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
157. |
Apsley Road |
Orana Catholic School |
Dual |
60 |
158. |
Collins Road |
Rostrata Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
159. |
Somerville Boulevard |
Winthrop Primary School |
Dual |
60 |
160. |
Winthrop Drive |
Winthrop Primary School |
Single |
50 |
161. |
Great Eastern Highway |
Governor Stirling Senior High School |
Dual |
60 |
162. |
Rosewood Avenue |
Woodlands Primary School |
Single |
50 |
163. |
Rosewood Avenue |
Woodlands Primary School |
Single |
50 |
164. |
Lindsay Beach Boulevard |
Yanchep Beach Primary School |
Dual |
50 |
165. |
Yangebup Road |
Yangebup Primary School |
Single |
50 |