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VIC Premier As Victorian students head back to school, the Andrews Labor Government is making it safer and easier to get to class, with new innovative pedestrian crossing technology and electronic speed signs being rolled out across the suburbs. Rolling out across the west, east and south east of Melbourne, 75 new dynamic pedestrian crossings will use sensors and high definition cameras to detect how many people are waiting at a crossing and adjust the crossing time accordingly – keeping students and families moving, and cutting idle time for motorists when crossings are quiet. As part of ...

VIC Premier A new building blitz at intersections around the state will focus on improving safety for families and school children at over 55 schools, shopping strips and intersections. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack said the jointly funded $19.5 million Pedestrian and Safer Schools Program will roll out across regional and urban Victoria from early next year. “The program will see a combination of electronic speed limit signs, pedestrian operated lights, raised zebra crossings and pedestrian islands installed in b...