Croydon electorate
David HODGETT (Croydon) (14:39): (132) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the question I ask is why the Department of Transport and Planning are taking so long to reinstate the existing 40-kilometres-per-hour school speed signs along Croydon Road, Croydon, and putting students who attend Croydon Community School at risk. The Croydon Community School relocated to the new facilities on Croydon Road in term 2 of 2022, moving from their former campus on Mount Dandenong Road. The site they now occupy is the former Melba College junior site, and as such the school speed signs had been in use. Once Melba College moved in 2017 those signs were covered up and the electronic signs decommissioned. My office contacted the former roads minister in October 2022, and Croydon Community School contacted the department of transport in August last year and in April this year seeking an update on the reinstatement of the 40-kilometre-an-hour school zone signage. Disappointingly, the department of transport have said they are exploring opportunities to reinstate these signs; however, they have basically said they will consider this as part of a future program. Even though the electronic signs were decommissioned, the static signs are still there. However, they are covered up. I am asking that the safety of students be made a priority now.