Safer School Precincts program

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Brisbane City Council is taking action to create Safer School Precincts in our suburbs. 

We are delivering a tailored and coordinated program of infrastructure improvements in precincts with multiple schools in our suburbs. Whether you walk, ride, catch public transport or drive, these improvements will make travelling around your suburb easier and safer.

Your feedback will help us create our plan to improve your Safer School Precinct and to show you what these treatments could look like we’ve created the Precinct Playbook (PDF - 31.5Mb).

The program primarily focuses on road safety improvements, improving pedestrian connectivity and enhancing opportunities for active travel, making it safer for students to get to and from school and creating a more liveable precinct for everyone to enjoy.

We’re committed to getting you to school or home sooner and safer with more transport choices, so you can spend less time travelling and more time doing what’s important.

The Safer School Precincts program will initially kick off in Kedron and Mansfield, with future precincts planned in Indooroopilly and Wynnum Manly. 

Program benefits 

  • Improving safety
  • Improving active transport infrastructure
  • Easing congestion throughout the precinct
  • Creating more liveable precincts
  • Easing congestion around schools.

About the Safer School Precincts program

Currently, 66% of students in Brisbane are driven to school. This adds thousands of cars to morning and afternoon peak hours, contributing to traffic congestion issues around our suburbs. 

Safer School Precincts builds on Council’s award-winning programs, such as Safer Paths to School, Safe School Infrastructure and Active School Travel, to create an innovative program that combines community engagement, infrastructure improvements and behaviour change to connect places for people in our suburbs. 

Through this program, Council aims to improve safety and ease congestion around schools by creating precincts where sustainable travel, like walking, riding or catching the bus is safer and more convenient. 

Council will work with schools, residents and businesses to identify transport opportunities that cater to the varying needs of our local communities. We will use the insights of the community to plan and deliver balanced, coordinated infrastructure improvements to enhance travel options for everyone, whether you walk, ride, catch public transport or drive. 

Once the infrastructure is in place, we will help the community maximise the benefits of using both new and existing infrastructure by providing a customised behaviour change program to encourage the school community to choose safe and sustainable travel choices. 

Our Safer School Precincts will be designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, support sustainable travel, and improve connections with nature and our community while getting you where you want to be sooner and safer. 

Precincts

Over the next 4 years, Council will deliver Safer School Precincts at 4 key locations across our suburbs. As these precincts become safer and more connected, the benefits will continue to grow for each precinct and the entire city.

Kedron Safer School Precinct

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Status: COMMUNITY CONSULTATION closed.

Located in Brisbane’s growing inner-north suburbs, the Kedron Safer School Precinct is about to start its journey to creating a safer and more sustainable transport network to help ease congestion around the bustling community. 

The Kedron Safer School Precinct will support Padua College, St Anthony’s Primary School and Mount Alvernia College and the surrounding local community. 

Community consultation

Community consultation was open between 12 November and 12 December 2024.

We received valuable feedback from residents, businesses and school community members during the consultation period. Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide their feedback.

We will consider your feedback alongside technical data to help shape the precinct plan. 

See the Kedron Safer School Precinct map
The image shows a map of the Kedron Safer School Precinct. The precinct area is shown in blue with the street names labelled. The precinct is between Scott and Strathmore streets and Stafford Road, and from Clifford Street and Gympie Road. The three schools in the precinct are shown with yellow stars and include St Anthony’s Primary School, Mount Alvernia College and Padua College. The schools are also labelled.

Next steps

Council will review the feedback from the community consultation and prepare a consultation report that will be available on our website in early 2025. 

We will continue to keep the community informed of the project progress once updates are available.

Register for updates about the Kedron Safer School Precinct. 

Mansfield Safer School Precinct 

Status: community consultation coming soon.

Register for updates about the Mansfield Safer School Precinct. 

Wynnum Manly Safer School Precinct

Status: community consultation coming soon.

Register for updates about the Wynnum Manly Safer School Precinct. 

Indooroopilly Safer School Precinct

Status: community consultation coming soon.

Register for updates about the Indooroopilly Safer School Precinct. 

More information

If you want more information about Council’s Safer School Precincts program, you can:

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