{"id":37055,"date":"2026-01-27T04:26:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=37055"},"modified":"2026-01-27T04:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:26:34","slug":"reminder-school-zones-back-in-force-from-tuesday-27-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/reminder-school-zones-back-in-force-from-tuesday-27-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder &#8211; School zones back in force from Tuesday 27 January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>School zones across most of NSW will be back in force from tomorrow, Tuesday 27 January 2026, as teachers and students begin returning for the new school year. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transport.nsw.gov.au\/system\/files\/media\/documents\/2026\/260126%20MR%20School%20zones%20back%20in%20force%20from%20Tuesday%2027%20January%202026%20.pdf\">School zones across most of NSW will be back in force (PDF, 180.68 KB)<\/a>&nbsp;from tomorrow, Tuesday 27 January 2026, as teachers and students begin returning for the new school year. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the first few days of the term are traditionally school development days for teachers, children may also be returning and that will continue to increase throughout the week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some schools return earlier than others, particularly&nbsp;non-government&nbsp;schools, so to avoid any confusion for motorists and to keep the returning children safe,&nbsp;40km\/h school zone speed limits will be in place from Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many locations where multiple schools are&nbsp;close&nbsp;to each&nbsp;other&nbsp;and some of those schools will have different return dates. To keep everyone&nbsp;safe&nbsp;slow down around every school, obey the 40km\/h speed limit, and keep your eye out for vulnerable kids embarking on an exciting new year of education. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>School zones&nbsp;generally apply&nbsp;from 8 to 9.30am and from 2.30 to 4pm on&nbsp;weekdays and motorists who&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;obey the rules face heavy fines and demerits. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on school zones, please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.transport.nsw.gov.au%2Froadsafety%2Fcommunity%2Fschools%2Fschool-zones&amp;data=05%7C02%7CAlison.Balding%40transport.nsw.gov.au%7Cd1aa632ad5234c11ce9a08de5c7f1d16%7Ccb356782ad9a47fb878b7ebceb85b86c%7C0%7C0%7C639049899754374893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YZ7p0OIgvCJVq9vjeISMnQuB6XhUz9v%2FYX%2B1yyGSrU0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.transport.nsw.gov.au\/roadsafety\/community\/schools\/school-zones<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School zones across most of NSW will be back in force from tomorrow, Tuesday 27 January 2026, as teachers and students begin returning for the new school year. &nbsp; School zones across most of NSW will be back in force (PDF, 180.68 KB)&nbsp;from tomorrow, Tuesday 27 January 2026, as teachers and students begin returning for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/reminder-school-zones-back-in-force-from-tuesday-27-january-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Reminder &#8211; School zones back in force from Tuesday 27 January 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37056,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37055\/revisions\/37056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}