{"id":75323,"date":"2015-04-18T01:29:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T01:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalroadtechnology.com\/\/?p=75323"},"modified":"2019-06-07T02:17:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T02:17:30","slug":"grt-road-safety-initiative-direct-action-plan-for-child-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalroadtechnology.com\/grt-road-safety-initiative-direct-action-plan-for-child-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure chief adds expertise to GRT Road Safety Initiative direct action plan for child safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Revolutionary \u201cinstant infrastructure\u201d company Global Road Technology (GRT) today announced the appointment of highly experienced infrastructure delivery expert and former Leighton Contractors Chief Finance Officer Peter Hicks to its worldwide Road Safety Initiative.<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/globalroadtechnology.com\/\/road-safety-initiative\/\">GRT Road Safety Initiative<\/a> is a new program taking direct action to keep pedestrians and road users, particularly children, safe and help reduce the devastating impact of road-related injuries and deaths in regional and remote communities in Australia and overseas.<\/p>\n<p>The not-for-profit GRT Road Safety Initiative, that was launched late last year in India by the World Bank, is a specialised program designed to combat the high road-related injury and death rates in remote and regional areas \u2013 the communities in which GRT also operates to deliver better and safer infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The GRT Road Safety Initiative operates through three action pillars:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Survive the walk.\u00a0 Survive the Walk protects children on their way to and from school through pedestrian education and free high visibility school backpacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Survive the ride. Survive the ride protects children riding on roads through education and free bicycle helmets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Survive the drive. Survive the drive protects children in vehicles through education and baby and booster seats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Hicks said he was delighted to join the Road Safety Initiative and deliver direct benefits to road users, starting with the program roll out in the Surat Basin in Queensland and northern NSW.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hicks said the program would contribute to Australia\u2019s combined strategic response to road safety, including the national Road Safety Action Plan (2015-2017), and would work in conjunction with Australian Road Safety Foundation programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Road Safety Initiative is real action by Global Road Technology that aims to make a difference in Australia and contribute to global efforts to reduce road traffic fatalities including the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011- 2020,\u201d Mr Hicks said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/globalroadtechnology.com\/\/applications\/soil-stabilization\/\">GRT\u2019s soil stabilization<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalroadtechnology.com\/\/applications\/dust-control-solutions\/\">dust control<\/a> products have been helping reduce traffic injuries and fatalities due to poor infrastructure for years.\u00a0 Now we\u2019re expanding our efforts to directly help road users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aiming to directly reach children who will be using roads far more than ever before, indeed many for the first time, as they walk to school, ride to school and very young children being driven in vehicles on new roads,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-75283 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/globalroadtechnology.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/09Global_Road_Technology_GRTRSI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalroadtechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/09Global_Road_Technology_GRTRSI.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/globalroadtechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/09Global_Road_Technology_GRTRSI-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/globalroadtechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/09Global_Road_Technology_GRTRSI-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalroadtechnology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/09Global_Road_Technology_GRTRSI-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The GRT Road Safety Initiative will promote road safety through partnerships with organisations including schools, community organisations and sports clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hicks brings to the Road Safety Initiative more than 25 years infrastructure delivery experience in Australia and internationally, including 14 years experience with Leighton Contractors where he lead every major PPP bid on behalf of the business.<\/p>\n<p>He has been responsible for the delivery of some of Australia\u2019s largest infrastructure projects including the M7 toll road in Sydney, North South Bypass Tunnel in Brisbane and Defence Headquarters in Canberra.<\/p>\n<p>He has chaired or sat on the board of major infrastructure investments including the Leighton Fund (co-owned with Morrisons), Royal Adelaide Hospital, Transmission Gully Road (Wellington) and the Cross City Tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>For more information regarding Global Road Technology or the Road Safety Initiative please <a href=\"https:\/\/globalroadtechnology.com\/\/contact-grt\/\">Contact Us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revolutionary \u201cinstant infrastructure\u201d company Global Road Technology (GRT) today announced the appointment of highly experienced infrastructure delivery expert and former 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