May 15, 2017
Kumbia State School students will have a safer route when walking to school, thanks to a new school crossing installed closer to the school gates.
The crossing has been a joint project of the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) which has responsibility for the Bunya Highway, and the South Burnett Regional Council, which is responsible for the grass verges on either side of the road.
Senior Constable Adam Entwistle said the original crossing was located outside the Kumbia Police Station, within the 60km/h zone.
Shifting the crossing closer to the school gate had placed it within the 40km/h zone.
Snr Const Entwistle said orange warning flags would be placed on either side of the crossing between 8:00am to 9:00am, and from 3:00pm-3:30pm on school days to alert drivers.
This is Stage 1 of the project with more work planned, including the building of a new footpath linking to the school, gravelling the waiting areas of the crossing and perhaps some more linemarking on the highway.
Temporary guides have been sprayed on the grass on either side of the road until this work is completed.
Snr Const Entwistle said that since he had started work at Kumbia Police Station in 2013 he had issued more than 350 tickets for speeding in the school zone.
