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Melina Bath calls for urgent safety upgrades and CCTV on Moe overpass to prevent dangerous rock-throwing
Missiles are being thrown at vehicles from the Moe overpass. Urgent fencing upgrades and CCTV are needed to protect drivers and pedestrians and prevent a potentially deadly incident.
Melina Bath's adjournment matter is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. I am sure that they will agree that public safety should be of paramount importance. This particular matter relates to the concerning issue of missiles being thrown at passing cars and trucks as they drive along the Princes Highway and the overpass at Moe.
Melina Bath urges the Minister for Roads and Road Safety to upgrade barrier fencing and consider CCTV installation to improve pedestrian safety and protect road users
Protect road users
The action I seek from the minister is to upgrade the barrier fencing to prevent rocks from being thrown at passing traffic but also review and consider the establishment of CCTV to protect all road users and enhance pedestrian safety.
Melina Bath has been contacted by a number of truck drivers in my electorate who use that very busy thoroughfare along the M1, and what they are feeling, knowing and experiencing is that projectiles are actually being thrown at trucks. This is a criminal and dangerous activity. The pedestrian overpass has gaps in it, and these large missiles are able to be hurled down onto the road. We can all imagine that this is a busy space.
Urgent safety upgrade
There is a 110-kilometre-an-hour speed limit. If you get a projectile on the top of your windscreen with a large transport, that is a recipe for significant disaster. As I said, Minister, this needs to be solved. It is not rocket science.
It requires a small amount of money, a rehash of the barrier fencing. Let us all be kept safe on the roads. Minister, let us also look at CCTV monitoring being put there to catch these perpetrators, who are really putting lives in significant danger.
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