Safety Upgrades for Marri Park Drive

Thank you for your valuable contribution to the Safety Upgrades to Marri Park project, we appreciate your feedback and insights.

The project is officially closed to new submissions, and we are in the process of reviewing all received feedback.

We will keep you updated on the progress and outcomes of the review process.

Thank you once again for your involvement!

The City of Kwinana seeks your feedback on additional safety measures along Marri Park Drive. Marri Park Drive has been a hotspot for hooning and speeding for an extended period, resulting in multiple runoff crashes. While speeding and hooning are primarily law enforcement issues, the City is committed to enhancing road safety for both locals and road users. After thorough investigations, traffic calming measures have been identified as an effective solution to curb these dangerous behaviours.

Background

There has been a long history of community requests to install traffic calming on this road to reduce traffic speeds and improve safety.

Previously, the City has already implemented centre and edge line markings to narrow the lane width and enhance delineation, which has shown some success in reducing speeds. However, these measures alone are insufficient to deter hooning behaviour. Implementing additional traffic calming measures is necessary to ensure the safety of all road users on Marri Park Drive.

The City has secured Black Spot funding from Main Roads WA to help fund the design and construction of traffic calming measures along Marri Park Drive. The Black Spot projects identify road locations where crashes are /or unsafe driving behaviour is occurring or at risk of occurring.

Share your experience

It is important that the people that live and work in these areas can share their experience in relation to traffic issues in their local neighbourhood. We want to insert this knowledge in the design process, to create traffic plans to address local issues.

We invite residents to complete their feedback below by Friday 1^st November 2024 and to choose from the options below:

Option 1: Horizontal Deflection – Slow Points / Modified Intersection

Advantages:

• Reduces vehicle speeds at the device location and, when used in series, along the entire street.
• Significantly lowers the number of road crashes.
• Provides opportunities for landscaping enhancements.

Option 2: Vertical Devices – Speed Humps/Speed Plateaus

Advantages:

• Dramatically decreases vehicle speeds and crashes.
• Cost-effective to install and maintain.
• May reduce traffic volumes due to slower speeds and increased travel times.
• Potentially discourages through traffic.

Option 3: No further changes implemented for the next 2-5 years

The City has already implemented centre and edge line markings to narrow the lane width, which has shown some success in reducing speeds. This option is to take no further action at this point and can be reviewed in 2-5 years. As the funding is distributed to identified.

How to Participate: There are several ways to provide your feedback

Closes 4pm Friday 1^st November 2024

	You can view and provide your feedback below
	Attend one of our community events: Marketplace Marri Park Engagement – Wednesday, 16 October, 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM (Kwinana Marketplace 4 Chisham Ave, Kwinana Town Centre) Marri Park Community Engagement – Tuesday, 29 October, 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM (Marri Park Golf Course 34 Marri Park Drive, Casuarina)
Questions or queries?
	Call (08) 9439 0200
	Email customer@kwinana.wa.gov.au

What happens next?

After the comment period closes, City staff will summarise all feedback and present recommendations to Council.

For more information, please contact the City on 9439 0200 or email customer@kwinana.wa.gov.au