Page 5956 - Week 14 - Thursday, 8 December 2011
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trying to fix up those and maintain the roads as a response to that weather activity certainly from my point of view is very impressive.
But I am very happy to look at the specific school that you have raised. I cannot recall whether it has been raised with me formally, but I am very happy to look at that and take some further advice.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Coe, a supplementary question.
MR COE: Chief Minister, in Charnwood would you consider the installation of a barrier rail or bollards at the top end of Kerrigan Street near Winder Place to address the safety concerns or will it take another serious accident where a car crashed into a house before action is taken?
MS GALLAGHER: In response to the specifics, I will take some advice on what the road engineers say is appropriate. As Mr Coe would know, there are a range of responses that can be provided for safety issues, a range of responses for traffic calming and also some data collection around the speed that cars are travelling on particular roads. I am not a road engineer. I will take some advice on what is the most appropriate response to the safety concern that has been raised.
MR SPEAKER: Yes, Mrs Dunne.
MRS DUNNE: Minister, why has it taken so long to fix the road surface in McDougall Street, and how many complaints will it take before action is taken?
MS GALLAGHER: I do not believe I have had that complaint raised with me before, but I am happy to follow up. I do not know if Mrs Dunne raised this with Roads prior to question time, but I am very happy to look at it if there has been a delay and also to report about how many complaints have been received about that particular road.
MRS DUNNE: A supplementary question, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Yes, Mrs Dunne.
MRS DUNNE: Minister, why has your directorate not replaced the posts that hold up the school crossing signs outside St Vincent’s primary school in Aranda after they were destroyed by a vehicle?
MS GALLAGHER: As Mrs Dunne would know, the Territory and Municipal Services Directorate is an extremely busy directorate and it does prioritise maintenance and the repair of the city’s infrastructure. It does need to be triaged in terms of the urgency of that work, again. Thank you for raising it in question time. I think if you were genuinely concerned about it from a safety point of view, it might have been raised with me sooner than this. But I am very happy to take further advice on it.
Mr Coe: Check you have not got a letter on that, Katy.
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