Speed Zone Review Brings Change to King Georges Road and Centenary Drive

Member for East Hills Glenn Brookes MP, Member for Strathfield Charles Casuscelli MP and Member for Oatley Mark Coure MP today welcomed changes to speed limits on King Georges Road and Centenary Drive in the wake of a NSW Government audit of speed zones.

“The review was carried out and the changes on King Georges Road and Centenary Drive were made to provide a more consistent approach to speed zoning,” Mr Coure said.

“A number of speed limits between Homebush and Blakehurst were changed on King Georges Road and Centenary Drive to reduce the amount of speed limit changes and to improve safety.

“These include the 70km/h speed limit on Centenary Drive being extended by 1.6 kilometres north of its current location, and reducing the speed limit from 80km/h to 70km/h from 540 metres south of Weeroona Road, Strathfield to 175 metres north of Norfolk Road, Greenacre.

“This is about striking a balance between the right speed zone for the road conditions and not having an excessive number of speed changes on this 19 kilometre length of road.

“The changes will benefit all of the motorists who use this road each day.”

Mr Casuscelli said the speed zone reviews were carried out on a range of RTA and council managed roads across the state including King Georges Road and Centenary Drive.

“Of the 12 routes reviewed, seven have had speed limits decreased, four have had limits increased and one remains the same.

“The RTA also launched a new website which allows motorists to have a say about where they believe speed zones need to be looked at.

“Submissions from the website will be used to help identify up to 100 key routes to be reviewed by March next year.

“Since the website was launched there have been 12,700 visits to the site and almost 1,800 speed zone submissions.

“I would encourage anyone with a concern about a speed zone to get on to the RTA website and have a say.

“We will continue to look into areas where people have comments to ensure the community is involved,” Mr Brookes said.

Maps and information sheets on the new changes are available to view at www.rta.nsw.gov.au