Marryatville High School Crossing

Mr BATTY (Bragg) (14:58): My question is to the Minister for Police. Will the government install advance warning signs or advance warning lights at the Marryatville High School crossing, and, if so, when?

The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS (Cheltenham—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services) (14:58): In respect of the early warning signals, I can advise the member that is likely to be completed by the end of this week. There has been some inclement weather in the last couple of days, but I am advised that, all things going well, it will likely be this week.

The red-light speed camera across Kensington Road, as the member would be very familiar with, does have a number of considerations. That advice is still forthcoming; however, I can give the member some comfort today in two respects. First, should advice be forthcoming from our experts that a camera can be accommodated—or, more importantly, should on balance be accommodated—we can do so in as quick a manner as possible. Red-light cameras aren't something we can go to Bunnings and purchase; they do take some very considerable time to purchase. That is work that is being undertaken simultaneously with advice coming through from experts.

The other matter that is for consideration that I can advise the member is that there are, as he would be aware, two existing red-light and speed detection cameras within about a kilometre stretch of Kensington Road down at the corner of Portrush and, I believe, Shipsters at the other end. I am seeking advice to ensure that if there were to be a further placement of a camera along that stretch that it would be consistent with policy. Of course, it is not appropriate practice to put detection cameras, particularly of a speeding nature, that close to each other.

I am also aware that there has been some testing of the vicinity in which cameras or detection devices are located before the courts. The advice I have asked for is to ensure that, if there were to be further placement of those cameras, or if there were to be changes to those cameras, it wouldn't be inconsistent with other decisions that the courts have made in adjudicating these matters.

I can also advise the member that, arising from this tragic but certainly could have been far more tragic collision at that intersection, there has been a full audit of 200 PACs for which remedial work has been undertaken. I think I have advised the house previously that some of that remedial work was as simple as the pruning of bushes or the maintenance of hedges, all the way through to some additional signage that is being undertaken at those particular sites.

For this particular pedestrian actuated crossing on Kensington Road at Marryatville High School, there has been also the imminent wrapping of poles in very high visibility red and white bunting or wrapping, again to add an additional layer of warning and visible warning for drivers who are undertaking that stretch of road. Again, to close, the advice is not before me yet, but we are ensuring that, when it is able to be actioned, no time has been wasted in the provision of the work to be undertaken.