The following residents of the ACT draw the attention of the Assembly: Cartwright Street in Charnwood is a spine for many people in the community. It is a high pedestrian area connecting Charnwood-Dunlop School and Charnwood Preschool to Brindabella Christian College and Charnwood Shops. Many people use it as a more direct route to access the shops and Florey Drive. Currently the road is 50km/h with a school speed zone enforced at Cartwright Street and Bettington Circuit.
Everyone deserves to move around our streets safely. Current research from the University of Adelaide, presented to the ACT Government, recommends reducing speed limits in school zones to 30km/h to reduce the risk of injury or death in a collision with a pedestrian. We shouldn’t have to wait for an accident to happen in this high pedestrian, residential, school area before safety measures are implemented.
Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to call on the ACT Government to:
- Lower the street zone on Cartwright Street and have measures in place to ensure slower speeds are adhered to make conditions safer and calmer for everyone whether they are walking, bike riding or driving.
- Permanently lowering the speed limit to 30km/h on Cartwright Street, Charnwood.
- Install traffic calming measures, such as speed humps, chicanes and/or other measures along Cartwright Street, Charnwood to help enforce the speed limit.