All regional school buses will have seatbelts four years ahead of schedule, thanks to a $29 million school bus seatbelt blitz in the NSW budget, member for Bega and Transport Minister Andrew Constance said adding that 171 buses across our region would have seatbelts because of this commitment.
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“This is something our communities have been crying out for and I’m committed to making sure kids across our region can travel to school safely,” Mr Constance said.
“Parents need to feel assured their children are safe when they send them off on the bus of a morning, I am confident this fantastic announcement will instil that confidence.
“We are fast tracking seatbelts on regional school buses, making sure all regional students can travel on buses with seatbelts by December 2019 – four years ahead of schedule,” Mr Constance said.
Funding in the 2017-18 NSW budget means all buses travelling on dedicated regional school routes will have seatbelts by December 2019, ahead of the current schedule of 2023.
