Libs promise Wireless Road traffic lights
February 25, 2010
The Liberal Party has promised to install traffic lights at the Wireless Road/Penola Road intersection in Mount Gambier if it wins the March 20 election.
Speaking in Mount Gambier today, Opposition leader Isobel Redmond said traffic lights were critical for the safety of road users. Read more
New rest areas for Dukes Highway
February 15, 2010
Safety on the Dukes Highway is to be further improved following the start of construction on four new rest areas and the upgrade of three existing rest areas, part of a $6.6 million project to upgrade conditions on the Dukes highway.
The Tolmer Group of Companies has won the $2.6 million contract to undertake the construction works between Tailem Bend and the Victorian border. Read more
Wildlife collisions high in South East
February 12, 2010
The South East is the state’s hotspot for collisions between motor vehicles and wildlife, according to insurance data.
SGIC has revealed the company processed 43 claims for animal-related car damage last year in Mount Gambier alone. Read more
Road safety initiative extended
February 10, 2010
A new road safety initiative, which has already successfully prevented six potential head-on crashes, is being considered for introduction on sections of the Duke’s Highway.
Road Safety Minister, Michael O’Brien, said wire rope barriers were installed last year along the centre of Port Wakefield Road under a $2 million road safety program. Read more
South Australian road toll climbs
February 1, 2010
The state’s horror road toll jumped again at the weekend when a South East truck driver died after hitting a tree on the Riddoch Highway 32km north of Naracoorte.
The 56-year-old Mount Burr man was killed in the early hours of Saturday, taking the number of deaths on South Australia roads to 20 for the year so far, compared with six at the same time in 2009. Read more
Firefighter health warning
December 29, 2009
As firefighters fought a hay blaze in trying conditions with heat over 39 degrees and wind gusts of 72kmh on Wednesday, a first aider warned volunteers to take care as the threat of more fires increases with the onset of summer.
Port MacDonnell community emergency response team leader Denise Gower assisted ambulance personnel at the scene to protect the wellbeing of firefighters, offering water, refreshments, oxygen and space to rest away from the smoke and heat. Read more
Dukes Highway upgrades completed
December 25, 2009
A package of safety upgrades at key locations along the Dukes Highway has been completed in time for the summer holidays.
Federal Infrastructure and Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said overtaking lanes near Tailem Bend, Ki-Ki, Culburra and Tintinara have been extended, and a rest area two kilometres west of Culburra upgraded. Read more
Transport safety officers moved on
November 18, 2009
The South East Regional Road Safety Steering Group is “disturbed” over the State Government’s move to slash the number of transport safety compliance officers.
It is understood 10 safety officer positions have now been scrapped at Adelaide and Murray Bridge and the number in the South East reduced from four to two. Read more
Keep watch on pool safety
November 17, 2009
Home swimming pools are the deadliest aquatic locations for South Australian toddlers, according to figures showing that of 32 preventable drownings in the past year, more than half occurred in backyard pools. Read more
Safe Work award for Fosters Coonawarra
November 3, 2009
The South East has taken out one of the state’s major Safe Work awards for 2009 with innovation at Fosters’ Coonawarra vineyards reducing the risk of injury for workers.
Fosters won the Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue Award with what judges described as a “highly innovative and effective” engineering solution to replace manual processes. Read more
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