Highgate AND Mt Lawley Precinct Transport and road safety Study

Find out what the City is doing to improve road safety and manage traffic in the Highgate and Mt Lawley precinct.

About the study

The City of Vincent has undertaken a transport study for the Highgate and Mt Lawley precinct to better understand community concerns about safety and access. The study addresses the impact of through traffic on local streets and supports safer, more accessible neighbourhoods for everyone.

The study proposes improvements across both major roads and local streets, including:

Lower speed limits on Beaufort Street while retaining it as a four-lane road.
Raised intersection platforms to reduce vehicle speeds and crash severity.
New pedestrian crossings, including signalised crossings where appropriate.
Upgrades to traffic lights, including more right turns controlled by green arrows, and turn restrictions to reduce high-risk turning conflicts.
Side road treatments to improve pedestrian priority.
One-way and two-way slow points on local roads to discourage rat running while maintaining local access.

How this study came about

The City has been working to better understand traffic movement and road safety across Highgate and Mt Lawley. Rather than looking at issues street by street, the precinct transport study takes a network-wide approach, analysing crash data, traffic information and new modelling to understand how the road network operates as a whole.

This is important because changes in one street can affect surrounding streets. Looking at the bigger picture helps the City identify solutions that improve road safety, better manage traffic and avoid simply shifting problems from one location to another.

Community consultation

The study gave us the data we needed to develop a series of upgrades designed to improve safety in the area. To test proposed improvements with people who use the streets every day we asked for local knowledge from our community during July and August 2026.

Find out more about this consultation by visiting Imagine Vincent.

Improvements completed and underway

Updates on improvements, works and initiatives in the Highgate and Mt Lawley precinct are provided below.

Posted 19 May 2026 Safety upgrades planned for Beaufort Street intersections

The City of Vincent is planning a series of major safety and accessibility upgrades along Beaufort Street.

Posted 14 May 2026 Speed limit reduced to 40km/h for Vincent Street

The speed limit on Vincent Street between William and Beaufort Street will be adjusted to 40km/h

Posted 04 May 2026 Speed limit reduced to 50km/h on Lord Street

The existing 60 km/h speed limit on Lord Street between Walcott Street and Brewer Street will be adjusted to the built up area speed limit of 50 km/h.

Posted 06 March 2026 Improved safety for Bulwer Street

We've improved safety on Bulwer Street at the intersection of Smith and Brisbane streets in Perth.

More information and contact

For enquiries about the Highgate and Mt Lawley Precinct Transport Study, please contact us.