Page 1319 - Week 05 - Tuesday, 9 April 2013
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address speeding vehicles and safety problems in local streets. A common request is to implement traffic calming measures.
Roads ACT uses a traffic warrant system to prioritise investigations of priority streets under its residential street improvement program. The warrant system takes into account traffic volume, speed, heavy vehicle traffic, crash history and land use. The traffic warrant system was developed following a report from an Assembly committee.
While not the only consideration in determining a program of work, the traffic warrant system provides an objective assessment of community concerns and allows Roads ACT and the government to be aware of how traffic conditions on certain streets compare with other streets.
Members who were in the previous Assembly will recall that on 2 May 2012 a motion was passed in the Assembly calling on the ACT government to consult and initiate traffic calming measures on Coyne Street and Clift Crescent in Tuggeranong. As a result, these two streets were added to the program of local area traffic management for 2012-13.
In terms of the current program, Roads ACT has four major traffic calming studies underway, with consultants engaged to undertake the following studies:
Chisholm, Gilmore and Richardson, including Clift Crescent, Heagney Crescent and Hambidge Crescent;
Macarthur, Fadden and Gowrie, particularly Coyne Street between Bugden Avenue and Isabella Drive;
Streeton Drive, from Hindmarsh Drive in the north to Namatjira Drive in the south, and surrounding streets; and
Messenger Street, Trickett Street and Beaurepaire Crescent, in Holt.
These four studies are proceeding in parallel.
Stage 1 public consultation, which involved seeking community views on perceived issues and problems, was completed late last year. At the same time, the consultants undertook technical analysis of traffic data, such as traffic volumes, traffic speeds, the extent of through traffic and traffic crashes, and developed traffic management concepts and solutions.
Stage 2 public consultation for these four studies is currently underway, with the public comment period closing on 12 April. The purpose of this stage is to seek community views and feedback on the proposed traffic management concepts and solutions.
Over the coming weeks the preferred options will be further assessed and developed. The study reports will then be finalised. Stage 3 public consultation will occur around May-June to inform the community of the preferred schemes and priorities for
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