As part of the Brisbane City Council’s Enhanced School Zone Signage Program, Greenslopes State School will be receiving its school zone signage by Term 1 in 2019. The new signage will reduce the speed limit along Logan Road, Greenslopes to 40km/h at peak school times.
Speed Limits in School Zones
Speed limits in school zones are part of the State Government’s Safe school travel (SafeST) program.
School zones are installed to reduce traffic speed near schools. These are identified by signages which are displayed on both approaches to the school. The signs show the speed limit and the times during which it applies.
Speed limits which apply include:
- 40km/h on roads where the existing limit is 50km/h, 60km/h or 70km/h
- 60km/h on roads where the existing limit is 80km/h
- 60km/h or 80km/h on roads where the speed limit is 90km/h or 100km/h, depending on the amount of school-related activity on or near the road
- 80km/h on roads where the existing limit is 110km/h.
You may learn more about the school zone speed limits on the Department of Transport and Main Road’s School Zones guidelines.
Enhanced School Zone Signage Program
BCC’s Enhanced School Zone Signage Program aims to improve road safety around schools on multi-lane roads. Council started reducing speed limits on inner-city streets to a maximum of 40 km/h in 2009.
Apart from the Greenslopes State School, the following schools will receive new signages during the 2018-19 financial year:
- Brisbane State High School – Cordelia Street, Vulture Street, Merivale Street, and Gladstone Road/Ernest Street, South Brisbane
- All Hallows’ School – Ann Street, Brisbane City
- Cavendish Road State High School – Holland Road, Holland Park
- Brisbane Bayside State College – Wynnum Road, Wynnum
The council has already rolled out these new signages at 42 locations across the city between July 2015 and June 2018.
To learn more about the Council’s efforts in making roads safer for the school community, you may visit the official page for Safe Roads Around Schools initiative.
