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5225 - INCREASED ROAD SAFETY MEASURES IN THE HUNTER

Hornery, Sonia to the Minister for Transport representing the Minister for Roads and Ports
  1. How much revenue was received from speed and red light cameras in 2013?
  2. How is the Government using this revenue to increase safety on the roads in the Hunter region, which currently has five fixed location speed cameras, including Gateshead which raised over $8 million across four years from 2007 to 2011?
Answer -

I am advised:

(1) In the 2013 calendar year, $120 million was collected from camera detected speeding and red light offences. This includes revenue from all four types of speed camera used in New South Wales. I am advised that approximately 80 per cent of revenue from red light speed cameras is from red light running.

(2) From May 2013, all revenue collected from camera detected speeding and red light offences is paid into the Community Road Safety Fund. This Fund delivers the state road safety program, which includes initiatives to improve the safety of roads and road users across the Hunter region.

Programs funded include:

  • Young driver improvements, including the implementation of the Safer Drivers Course
  • Safety around schools, including expansion of flashing lights to all schools by end of 2015, and school crossing supervisors
  • NSW Safer Roads and State Blackspot program
  • Enhanced High Visibility Police Enforcement activities
  • School education
  • Road safety awareness campaigns
  • Local Government Road Safety Program
  • Safer Roads

Specifically, the 2013 - 2014 Safer Roads Program has approved 10 projects for delivery in the Hunter Region with a total value of over $10 million. These projects target a mixture of vulnerable road users and high severity crash types and locations, and are spread across the Program as:

  • Local Government Safety Infrastructure Program - two projects worth $2.439 million:
    • Edderton Road - underway, due for completion by 30 June 2014.
    • Ruttleys Road - underway, due for completion by 1 June 2014
  • Run Off Road and Head On Program - five programs worth $7 million:
    • New England Highway - underway, due for completion by 30 June 2014.
    • Raymond Terrace Road - underway, due for completion by 30 June 2014.
    • Pacific Highway- underway, due for completion by 30 June 2014.
    • Freemans Drive - underway, due for completion by 30 June 2014.
    • George Booth Drive - underway, due for completion by 30 June 2014.
  • Pedestrian Safety Infrastructure Program - one project worth $30,000
    • Monash Road- underway, due for completion 30 June 2014.
  • Motorcycle Safety Infrastructure Program - two projects worth $570,000
    • Putty Road- underway, due for completion 30 June 2014.
    • Wollambi Road- due for completion 30 June 2014.

Projects for the 2014-15 Safer Roads Program are currently being developed.

Question asked on 4 March 2014 (session 55-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 202
Answer received on 8 April 2014 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 211

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