Safety around schools

Safety is everyone’s responsibility, including staying safe around schools and doing what we can to reduce congestion and ensure everyone gets to and from school safely and happily.

Travelling Safely to School

Schools are designed with safety in mind, but it is not possible to provide parking spots for everyone during peak times. Download the Travelling Safely to School Flyer(PDF, 2MB)  for information and tips on how you can contribute to safer roads and reduce congestion. 

Pick-Up Drop-Off (PUDO) Zones

A PUDO zone is a 2-minute parking spot you can use to safely and easily pick-up and drop-off your children from school.  When using these zones, it is important to follow the rules to ensure a smooth run.

Download the Pick-Up & Drop-Off (PUDO) Zones Around our School flyer(PDF, 613KB)  which is focused on correctly using pick-up and drop-off zones.

The Pick-Up & Drop-Off (PUDO) flyer can also be downloaded in multiple languages:

School Parking

In the City of Melton we have more than 40 schools which are located within our local road network. We recognise that with a number of schools comes a number of parking challenges for parents who drop off and pick up their children.

Unfortunately we cannot provide car parking to each parent but rather manage the available parking the best we can. Typical arrangements around schools include short term parking restrictions to create turnover of parking making a car space available to more parents, pick up and drop off zone for those who do not need to leave their car to collect their child and in some instances parking restrictions to one side of the road to ensure vehicles can travel safely in both directions. The following brochures have been prepared for schools that experience high parking demands to assist in identifying where on street car parking can be found within a short walk of the school.

Council discusses alternate modes of transport with schools which include walking school buses and the Part Way is OK program. The Part Way is OK program identifies safe parking away from the school (generally 200-300m away) to have children walk to school. This promotes independent travel awareness for older children to travel to school in a short safe distance. 

A summary of the key road rules in Victoria about parking can be found on the Vicroads website which provides information on the following:

  • Parking Check
  • How close can I park to that?  Can I park here?
  • Parallel Parking
  • Angle Parking
  • Meter Parking
  • Centre of the road parking
  • Disability parking
  • Parking signs
  • No parking sign
  • No stopping signs
  • Clearways
  • Zones 
  • Parking with hazard lights on 
      
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