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• Update - Stage 1: Elizabeth Street

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  Construction is progressing well with Stage 1 of our Safe Active Street Program and is on track to progress further up from the Broadway end of Elizabeth Street shortly.

  You can see current photos of the works, here.

  Further updates will be posted to this page.

• Construction commenced - Safe Active Streets Stage One

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  The first stage of construction of the Nedlands Safe Active Streets program has now commenced. Construction began on 9 September on the Broadway end of Elizabeth Street and is scheduled for completion before Christmas.

  This collaborative project between the City & the Department of Transport will create a safe thoroughfare for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists with the focus of the design based around safety and residential amenity.

  Further updates will be posted to this page.

• Tender for works proceeding

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  The City is progressing with the tender for the commencement of this construction project. The closing date for tenders will be on Tuesday, 2 April 2019. The City will review all submissions and prepare a report for Council consideration.

  To check out the final designs, please visit the document library.

  
  

• Designs now being finalised

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  The City and Department of Transport (DoT) completed design review meetings with residents along the streets, schools and other stakeholders during November and December 2018.

  
  

  These sessions followed community engagement activities undertaken during February 2018, and the subsequent report adopted by the Council at its Ordinary Meeting of 22 May 2018.

  
  

  The outcomes from the design review meetings have resulted in changes to the final design proposal, as follows:

  
  

  • Parallel parking between Kingsway and Viewway deleted at the request of Nedlands Primary School to facilitate the schools preferred pick up and drop off arrangements.
  • Raised plateau approach gradients were flattened from 10H:1V to 15H:1V along the Safe Active Street to improve the cyclist experience and to reduce perceived vehicle noise.
  • The shared pedestrian path along Dalkeith Road reduced in width from 3.0m to 2.5m to accommodate resident concerns over reduced verge green space.

  
  

  The tender process will progress from mid-February with an expected construction to commence in May 2019. Residents and property owners will receive advice prior to the commencement of construction which will include information of City and contractor contact details and the works being undertaken.

  
  

  In addition to the works on the road, as part of this project the City will be assessing opportunities to plant street trees in Jenkins Avenue and Elizabeth Street with the view to enhancing the street-scape.

  
  

  If there is a planting opportunity on your nature strip, the City has a preferred species list of trees. To request a tree, please contact the City’s Parks Services department to register. If you don’t have a preference, the City will choose an appropriate species for you.

  
  

  The final designs will be available for viewing shortly.

• Designs completed to 85% completion

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  The designs for the safe active street project have now progressed to 85% completion.

  If you are a property in the area, you should have received correspondence from the City regarding an information session to discuss the designs.

  Please contact us if you would like to discuss this next phase of the project. Call us on 9273 3500, or send us an email (council@nedlands.wa.gov.au), or ask us a question on this engagement page.

• Safe Active Street is approved by Council

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  The results from the community engagement activities undertaken for this project indicate a high-level of support for the project.

  A report on the project together with the community engagement results (see document library) were presented to Council at its Committee meeting on Tuesday, 12 June and progressed to Council at its meeting on Tuesday, 26 June 2018.

  The Council approved for the project to progress, as per the following resolution:

  "Council recognises the level of community support for the Safe Active Streets Program in Elizabeth Street and Jenkins Avenue, and authorises the Chief Executive Officer to enter into a contractual arrangement with the Department of Transport for the delivery of the project fully funded by the Department."
  

  To read the report, please visit the City's website (Your Council, Agenda, Minutes and Reports), TS Reports (TS11.18, Page 2) and to view the Minute (TS11.18 on Page 11).

  The City looks forward to working with the community, residents and local schools in the area to progress this project. The detailed designs will now progress and these will be communicated as the project progresses.

  For further updates please visit this engagement page or call a member of the project team.

• Monitoring and evaluation to obtain baseline data has been completed

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  Jacobs, Consulting Engineers (appointed by the Department of Transport) undertake monitoring and evaluation on all post and pre-construction Safe Active Street (SAS) projects across eight metropolitan local government areas. The purpose is to:

  • establish a baseline of performance for the route prior to implementing the SAS design for all pre-construction routes; and
  • evaluate the performance of the route against the overall SAS program objectives for all post-construction routes.

  
  

  Initial baseline work has been undertaken on the City of Nedlands project.

  To establish a baseline of the type of users along the route (and parallel roads) and their current behaviour (speed / direction of travel / interaction with other users) the following data collection activities were undertaken:

  • Video surveys at defined points along the SAS route. These video surveys will capture the typical profile of activity along the route for two weekdays and one weekend day
  • Parking utilisation surveys along the SAS route. These surveys will capture the typical use of on street parking along the route for one weekday and one weekend day
  • Pneumatic tube counts along the SAS route (and parallel roads). These counts will capture vehicle speeds, vehicle types and direction of travel. These surveys will be carried out over a seven day period.

  
  

  Cameras were located at intersections to capture vehicle, pedestrian and cyclist movements and angled to the carriageway.

  Who will have access to this information

  Video survey footage will be captured by Jacobs sub-consultant Edge Transport Solutions. The captured footage will then be classified automatically by an algorithm that will run through the footage to determine the type of user on the street – i.e. vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians. The footage will be accessible to both Jacobs and our sub-consultant Edge Transport Solutions for the purpose of reporting on the baseline of activity on the SAS route. The Department of Transport is the ultimate owner of the footage.

• Traffic effects

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  The City has received some feedback in relation to the possible effects of traffic which might be displaced as a result of this project and the median strip in Broadway across the Elizabeth Street intersection. We provide the following information:

  • The safe active street is intended to prioritise active travel along this route. Non-local car traffic is well catered for on the surrounding network.
  • Given there’s only 1,500 vehicles per day at the eastern end of Elizabeth Street, the restriction of right turn movements at Elizabeth/Broadway will be low impact and is appropriate. The surrounding road network can easily absorb this, and turning movements onto Broadway are well supported with roundabouts at Princess/Broadway and Edward/Broadway. This aspect of the proposed safe active street was independently evaluated through an external peer review process and endorsed. In addition, in terms of property access, the properties between Kingsway and Broadway can be accessed via Princess Road or Edward Street.
  • Modifying the Elizabeth/Broadway intersection as well as the central median on Broadway will achieve significant safety benefits as there are a number of conflicting movements at this intersection, which compromise pedestrian and cyclist safety. As this route is largely focused on improving safe access to schools, UWA and other local destinations.
  • Intersection turn movements will be collected in March to establish a baseline prior to implementation as well as identify user behaviour trends at this intersection. Subsequent detailed design will take this data into consideration.

• Second Community Information Session held

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  The second Community Information Session was held at the Loreto Primary School, Nedlands on Monday night (19 February) with approximately 27 people attending. People took the opportunity to talk to officers from the City and the Department of Transport to discuss their thoughts.

  Feedback during this session was recorded and will be provided to the community shortly.

  Thank you to everyone who participated.

• First Community Information Session held

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  The first Community Information Session was held at the Adam Armstrong pavilion, Dalkeith last night with approximately 30 people attending. People took the opportunity to talk to officers from the City and the Department of Transport to discuss their thoughts. Feedback during this session was recorded and will be provided to the community shortly.

  Thank you to everyone who participated.

  Don't forget there is a second Community Information Session being held on Monday, 19 February at the Loreto Performing Arts Centre from 4pm to 6pm.