East Gippslanders are invited to have their say on what they believe are confusing or dangerous stretches of road where speed limit changes are required, Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull said today.

“Anyone who feels that there are too many speed changes on a street, or believe they have a solution to make limits easier to understand should make a submission,”.”

“In recent months both Federal colleague Darren Chester and I have had discussion with a number of residents in Genoa, Bruthen, Sarsfield, Stratford and Maffra who have raised various concerns with speed limit zones and the forum is now in place for them to have their say.

“It is important that speed limits provide a balance between safety and mobility, with consideration given to both traffic and pedestrians. 

“However, when too many speed limit signs and zones occur on short sections of our road network, this results not only in driver frustration and confusion, but potentially hazardous for drivers distracted between monitoring speed signs and car gauges,” Mr Bull said.

Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester, also said he had been contacted by local residents regarding speed limits at several road locations in Gippsland.

“Local motorists are telling me that they are frustrated and confused when travelling on certain stretches of road where there are several changes in the speed limit within a short distance,” Mr Chester said.

“To achieve the highest levels of road safety we need to have consistent and appropriate speed limits across the whole road network,” he said.

The State Government requested VicRoads undertake the review with a view to investigating ways in which speed limits could be applied more consistently across the state and easier for drivers to adhere to.

The Review of Speed Limits will investigate:

*  routes with large numbers of speed zone changes *  opportunities to reduce the number of speed limit changes *  school speed zones, including    - layout and location    - remote crossings    - times of operation    - days of operation *  strip shopping centre times *  speed limits in town centres *  use and application of advisory speed limits *  minimum length of speed zones, and *  consistency of speed limits under similar conditions.

People interested in making a submission can check the specific Terms of Reference on the VicRoads website at www.vicroads.vic.gov.au.

Submissions are open until 11 October 2011 and can be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or mailed to Speed Limit Review, 60 Denmark Street, Kew, Victoria, 3101.

VicRoads will complete the review by December 2011 and present the findings to the government.