Safe Active Street Program - Elizabeth Street and Jenkins Avenue
Works have now concluded.
The City is progressing with a proposal to modify Jenkins and Elizabeth Streets to implement a safe active street project for the residents of Nedlands.
The project is being undertaken in partnership with the Department of Transport as part of their Safe Active Street Program to deliver safer and more people-friendly active streets. This project starts from the Town of Claremont boundary at Bay Road, along Jenkins Avenue to Dalkeith Road, to connect with Elizabeth Street and stopping at the Broadway intersection with Elizabeth Street (City of Perth boundary).
The project follows on from other projects recently constructed by the Department of Transport in Shakespeare Street, Mount Hawthorn; Leake Street and May Street in Bayswater and Surrey Road in Belmont. The outcomes of these projects are influencing the best design solution for the City of Nedlands' project.
The focus on the design is based around safety, residential amenity and users of the streets to provide a safer road environment for everyone. The design establishes a higher priority for pedestrians and bike riders (of all ages) but does not reduce the amenity for the vehicle driver by changing intersection priorities and creating a 30kmh low-speed environment.
The Council endorsed the community engagement report and the amended concept designs at its meeting on 26 June 2018. The amended concept designs resulted from feedback received from the engagement activities.
Further specific engagement on the proposed detailed design (at 85% completion) has been undertaken with residents, schools and other stakeholders.
The City has now completed the designs and the tendering process for construction has been completed.
How can you get involved, find out more or provide feedback?
- Review the information, FAQs and designs in the document library
- Ask us a question by using the Ask Us a Question tab and we will respond
- Contact a member of the Project Design Team (see Who's Listening on this page)
- Read the updates below as the project progresses
- If you have not already done so, please register using the Register to get Involved tab above. It is important that you register to enable you to receive ongoing updates on the project.
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Document Library
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Updated Drawings - IFC v3 (17.3 MB) (pdf)
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Superseded Drawings - DOT IFC (6.62 MB) (pdf)
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Safe Active Street Project - Community Engagement Report (Presented to Council May 2018) (10 MB) (pdf)
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Community Information Sessions - Feedback and Responses (274 KB) (pdf)
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Safe Active Street Project - Brochure (1.87 MB) (pdf)
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Safe Active Streets - Updated Design for Jenkins Avenue (20.1 MB) (pdf)
I support this because I want my children to be able to safely ride around the suburb - ideally, it would be extended to provide safe passage across Stirling Hwy, which acts as a real barrier at the moment.
Changes to the Local Planning Scheme No. 3 currently being debated will result in much higher housing density around both Elizabeth St and Jenkins Ave. The State Government changes are significant. The impact of increased population in these areas means that the streets being considered will become more important for residents and to change their usage as currently being considered is totally unacceptable due to the unknown knock on impacts this will have in the future. It’s totally inappropriate to be even considering this proposal while LPS No.3 is being debated and I’m dumbfounded as to how the Council can think it’s acceptable to put this forward now when there is so much uncertainty and angst in the community.
Fully support this initiative and look forward to its speedy implementation. Would be good to see an overall master plan for safe streets to ensure that initiatives like Edward/ Jenkins do not end up being isolated pockets
Great idea - thank you!
A few points:
- Instal a pedestrian traffic light at Dalkeith Road crossing. That road is busy and dangerous.
- I still feel that separate bike paths are the way to go especially if we are thinking of putting more kids on bikes. We lived in Holland for a while and it's where we taught our child to ride a bike - separate bike paths work.
- Edward street is another great candidate for this sort of project. It's less steep than Elizabeth Street and low in traffic.
Other points:
- Princess Road bike path really needs some TLC and regular road cleaning. That part of the road is often dangerous because of the amount of debris that it contains - seldom cleaned.
Many thanks to all for this initiative. It's definitely the sort of project which I'd like my rates contribution to fund.
To encourage poor walkers or under confident walkers I would like to see a few seats scattered along this path.
Great idea. My husband and I and our two kids (aged 10 & 7) love cycling around the local area. We like meandering in general and using our bikes to get to specific destinations. We particularly enjoy following the indigenous walking routes marked with triangles on the pavements. We wholly endorse and support all efforts to increase the number of bike paths in our local area and love the idea that they will be planted up with trees for shade.
Excellent idea
I look forward to using these safer roads as a cyclist, driver, and pedestrian
Jenkins Avenue is already a low traffic street and has multiple stop signs and roundabouts. From what I observe as a pedestrian, there is insufficient space between intersections and roundabouts for cars to speed on Jenkins Ave. Speed humps along Jenkins Avenue do not make sense, given that the existence of numerous intersections and roundabouts along the avenue. There are also numerous cars parked along Jenkins, which act against speeding.
The dangerous roads are the ones that cross Jenkins to and from Stirling Highway, for example, Vincent, Taylor, and Bulimba as vehicles definitely speed along these. From my experience, Vincent Street, in particular, is dangerous to cross as vehicles tend to speed even when traversing the roundabouts.
The 30kmh speed limit idea lacks logic, given that we accept that 40Kmh is a safe speed passing schools. Multiple speed limits are confusing and are often ignored. In relation to Elizabeth Street which has Loreto alongside it, the drop off and pick zones will have a 40kmh limit from 7.00-9.00am and 2.30-4.00pm but the Elizabeth Street side, where there is no drop off or pick up, will have 30kmh all day. This doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I suggest that 40kmh makes far more sense as this will be consistent with the 40kmh safe speed zones that pass schools.
A cycle path along Jenkins is a good idea but from what I observe as regular pedestrian, there are many more cyclists on Princess road than on Jenkins. The Princess road cycle path needs to be widened as many cyclists seem to use the footpath (which can be quite dangerous to the unsuspecting pedestrian) rather than take their chance on the narrow Princess road cycle path. School children in particular tend to use the footpath.
Great idea. Is there any chance that Edward street can also be included. I live on the corner of Tyrell and Edward and cars always speed along there taking short cuts to avoid the Highway and I expect if Elizabeth Street is 'slowed down' the traffic will move more to Edward, which with Tresillian, parking and the high number of families who walk along the street is a potential probliem. I have considered suggesting speed bumps to the council but this safe active street seems a much better proposal. Karen