Page 2797 - Week 07 - Thursday, 7 June 2012
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In response to the Assembly’s motion, the Chief Minister has asked TAMS to include both Coyne Street and Clift Crescent in the residential street improvement program for 2012-13. These two streets will be added to the three streets that had already been identified as priorities for attention using the traffic warrant system. The result of this is that TAMS is progressing the technical assessments and public consultations for five residential streets as part of the 2012-13 residential street improvements program.
The five streets in this program are Hambridge Crescent in Gilmore and Chisholm, Heagney Crescent in Richardson, Streeton Drive in Rivett and Holder, Coyne Street in Fadden and Clift Crescent in Richardson. This is a large program of work and will take some time to be completed given the necessary technical assessments and public consultation requirements before a case can be put to government to secure funding for the implementation of traffic calming treatments.
On behalf of the Chief Minister, I outline the indicative time frame for TAMS to progress the 2012-13 residential street improvements program. In July 2012 Roads ACT will commission an additional technical report for each street. In August-September 2012 Roads ACT will undertake initial public consultation, providing residents of each street with the opportunity to have their say about traffic issues on their streets. In September 2012 a business case will be developed for any works that can be progressed as part of the 2013-14 program without extensive design and where there is public support.
Between October 2012 and May 2013, detailed technical assessments will be undertaken where required on traffic calming options developments, and project costing. Further opportunity for public consultation and feedback will be provided on options. In June 2013 a final technical report will be provided to obtain public sign off on options and staging. In July 2013 the implementation of the 2013-14 residential street improvement works program commences. September 2013 will see the development of a business case for implementation in 2014-15 of the first stage of works in each street where required.
December 2013 will see the completion of the 2013-14 residential street improvement program. July 2014 will see implementation, as part of the 2014-15 residential street program, of the initial stage of traffic calming measures at each street where required. December 2014 will see completion of the initial stage of traffic calming measures at each street where required as part of the 2014-15 residential street program.
As members can see, this is an extensive program of work but it is important that it is developed properly and that residents are provided the opportunity to have their say and have a reasonable input into the process. The time line also shows that there is no easy fix to complex issues such as residential street improvements, including safety aspects. This was acknowledged in the 1999 committee report on warrants for traffic calming measures which included:
The committee considers it is important to have a robust, well-founded and transparent system of evaluation and assessment used in conjunction with the application of experience and traffic engineering judgment.
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