TRAFFIC CONGESTION REDUCTION MEASURES
190. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the
Minister for Transport:
(1) Has the
government investigated the potential benefit of electronic speed signs on the
freeway to reduce congestion through speed harmonisation?
(2) Is the
government intending to introduce electronic speed signs to reduce congestion;
if so, when; and, if not, why not?
(3) Has the
government investigated the potential benefit of ramp meters to limit the flow
rate on Perth freeways to around 1 750 or 1 800 cars per lane per hour?
(4) Does the
government intend to introduce ramp meters to reduce congestion; if so, when;
and, if not, why not?
(5) What is
the flow rate during peak times on Kwinana Freeway, Mitchell Freeway, Roe
Highway, Tonkin Highway and Reid Highway?
Hon
SIMON O'BRIEN replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question. The information cannot be provided in the time frame available and
the member is asked to place the question on notice.