Page 1860 - Week 06 - Thursday, 30 July 2020
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video
(5) What factors were taken into account for determining the 40km/h speed limit for Lhotsky Street.
(6) What factors were taken into account when making the decision to install two 20km/h speed humps on Lhotsky Street.
(7) Will the ACT Government consider increasing the 40km/h speed limit on Lhotsky Street outside of school drop-off/pickup hours; if not, why not.
Mr Steel: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) A location is identified as a ‘high pedestrian area’ if it meets one item from Category A, or meets two items from Category B, or meets one item from Category B and two items from Category C, or meets four or more items from Category C in the below table:
|
Category A |
Category B |
Category C |
|
• Adjacent to Retail/Commercial Area • Adjacent to a shopping strip > 200m |
• Adjacent to a shopping strip < 200m • Adjacent to bus interchange • Adjacent to rail station |
• Adjacent to preschool/childcare centre • Adjacent to retirement village • Adjacent to medical centre or community facilities • Adjacent to sporting complex • Adjacent to entertainment centre/hotel/restaurants • Adjacent to recreational area/park |
(2) Lhotsky Street is adjacent to a retail and commercial area with pedestrian generators such as the Charnwood Group Centre, St Thomas Aquinas Primary School/Church, Ducklings Early Education Childcare Centre, Ginninderra Christian Church and Brindabella Christian College.
(3) There have been no pedestrian surveys undertaken on Lhotsky Street during school drop-off/pickup hours.
(4) There have been no pedestrian surveys undertaken on Lhotsky Street outside of school drop-off/pickup hours.
(5) Lhotsky Street is the main access road to the Charnwood Group Centre and carries high volumes of traffic throughout the day via Tillyard Drive and Florey Drive. The close proximity of the Charnwood shops, two schools (St Thomas Aquinas Primary School and Brindabella Christian College) and the Ducklings Early Education Childcare Centre generates risks to vulnerable road users within the road environment both during school hours and outside of school hours. Research shows the risk of death and serious injury to pedestrians and cyclists is reduced considerably where the speed of vehicular traffic can be lowered to 40 km/h or less.
(6) The 40km/h speed precinct in the Charnwood Group Centre was implemented in 2015, and the scheme was evaluated in 2016. The evaluation results indicated that motorists’ travelling speeds on Lhotsky Street were in excess of the 40km/h speed limit.
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video