Published on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 at 9:49:25 AM
As part of a pilot project for the Urban Road Safety Program, the City of Vincent and Main Roads WA are looking to install 'mini roundabouts' at nine intersections in the area bounded by Ethel Street, Raglan Road, Hyde Street and Chelmsford Road in North Perth.
The City of Vincent and Main Roads have been working collaboratively on a new pilot project for the Urban Road Safety Program(External link) (URSP).
The program aims to implement low cost road safety treatments on an area wide or whole-of-street basis to assist in the reduction of fatal and serious injury crashes on local roads that are ineligible for funding from other road safety programs (such as Black Spot funding(External link)).
The pilot project involves installing mini roundabouts at nine intersections in North Perth, in the area bounded by Ethel Street, Raglan Road, Hyde Street and Chelmsford Road. The project is fully funded by the Road Safety Commission.
The area proposed for the pilot project was nominated as both a responsive site, for the numerous low-grade traffic incidents recorded between 2014-2019, and as a proactive site based on the traditional ‘grid pattern’ road network.
Mini roundabouts are regarded as an effective, low cost means of reducing the likelihood of traffic crashes on local roads. They have approximately a 3m diameter, compared to the 6m diameter of typical roundabouts, eliminating the need for road widening and significantly reducing construction costs.
The ‘mini roundabouts’ pilot project is based on research by Monash University in Victoria using crash data provided by Main Roads (from April 2014 to April 2019), with GHD (Perth) assisting in the project scoping and design.
Possible reduction in speed limit to 40 kmh
Given that the standard 50kmh Urban Speed Limit currently applies within the pilot project area, Main Roads has advised that they will consider, through the pilot program, making the area a 40kmh Speed Zone in conjunction with the introduction of the mini roundabouts treatment.
Share your thoughts
The City would like to know what you think about the proposed URSP pilot program, involving the installation of mini roundabouts at nine intersections in the area bounded by Ethel Street, Raglan Road, Hyde Street and Chelmsford Road.
You can share your thoughts by:
Feedback is invited until Monday 12 April 2021.
For more information, visit Imagine Vincent or contact the City on 9273 6000 or mail@vincent.wa.gov.au(External link)
To find out more about the Main Roads Urban Road Safety Program, visit their website here.
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