Local preppies have learnt about safety around roads and construction zones
Mickleham road upgrade project team members visited Greenvale’s Aitken College recently to provide the children with fun learning experiences for National Road Safety Week 2024.
In three sessions, the team taught the college’s youngest pupils valuable lessons such as how to cross at traffic lights and what people should do when they see traffic-control signs.
As part of the fun, the preppies enjoyed an activity in which they pretended to be cars, with the aim of driving through a road crossing without breaking any laws.
The children also learnt about the importance of personal protective equipment such as hard hats and high-visibility vests in construction zones.
Major Road Projects Victoria program director Dipal Sorathia they were thrilled to teach the Aitken College prep kids important lessons about how to be safe around roads and construction zones.
“Helping to raise safety awareness in the generations to come is an important legacy of the Mickleham Road upgrade- stage one.”
When complete, stage one of the Mickleham Road upgrade will make travel to Aitken College easier and safer for everyone, with a fully signalised intersection and new slip lanes to enter and exit the school.
Traffic splitter islands and guardrail will be installed at the approaches to the Aitken College intersection, making it safer for commuters using Mickleham Road.
