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  <date date="2024-03-19T11:00:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
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  <dateModified time="2024-07-26T14:06:16+09:30" />
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Mount Lofty Summit Road</name>
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          <heading>Mount Lofty Summit Road</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6982" referenceid="3d5cb79b4d454cc980b2842cae5afaaa" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr BATTY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Bragg</electorate>
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          <question date="2024-03-19T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Mount Lofty Summit Road</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="6982" referenceid="3d5cb79b4d454cc980b2842cae5afaaa">Mr BATTY (Bragg)</by> (28 September 2023).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Energy and Mining</name>
          </portfolio>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2024-03-19T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Mount Lofty Summit Road</name>
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            <by role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Energy and Mining):</by>  The Minister for Road Safety has advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The speed limit on the northern section of Mount Lofty Summit Road was approved to be reduced from 80 km/h to 60 km/h in November 2022.</inserted>
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        <text id="202403192b7a5ebe7bc441e480000969">
          <inserted>The member may be pleased to know that the speed limit on the remaining sections of the Mount Lofty Summit Road was reduced from 80 km/h to 60 km/h on 26 September 2023, to provide a consistent speed limit along the entire length of the road. </inserted>
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          <inserted>Road safety signage is also in place to advise drivers of upcoming bends and safe speeds to travel around them, as well as to notify of upcoming intersections.</inserted>
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          <inserted>South Australia Police has been notified of the ongoing issues along this road involving dangerous driving and will continue to take affirmative action regarding dangerous driving behaviours.</inserted>
        </text>
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