Traffic Lights at Euree Street, Limestone Avenue, Treloar Crescent
The RRA was surprised to find that $1,616,200 has been allocated under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program to signalise this intersection.
We are extremely concerned that this decision will direct even more traffic through Reid, on residential streets not built for the purpose, and that it will create a genuine black spot at the intersection of Euree and Currong Streets.
We sought further information from the current Panel Chair, Alicia Payne MP, and from Transport Canberra and City Services through an FOI request. The papers provided under FOI show that:
– the Black Spot Guidelines have not been met.
– the consulting engineers’ report to the ACT Black Spot Consultative Panel did not recommend signalising this intersection.
– public consultation has not occurred as required under the Guidelines and as recommended in the consulting engineers’ report.
The motivation for ACT Roads nominating this intersection is opaque. There certainly isn’t a history of serious accidents at the site. The consulting engineers’ report (p. 12) found that ‘the collision frequency at this intersection … is considered low to medium for a four-way intersection’.
One wonders why our community was not consulted. One may also ask why the recommended ‘treatment’ (left in, left out) was ignored in favour of the more expensive and more disruptive option of signalising the intersection. In fact, the consulting engineers’ report found that ‘signalising this intersection has the potential to increase the number of rear end collisions that occur at the intersection and could also increase the delay to road users outside of peak periods (p. 12)’.
There is certainly a lack of transparency in this decision making. Why was the intersection nominated in the first place? Who benefits – certainly not the residents of Reid? Why the lack of public consultation? Why choose the more expensive solution that will not only cause more accidents on Limestone Avenue but also potentially create a genuine black spot in Reid? We would like to understand who is pushing for this project – is it developers, the Australian War Memorial or the ACT Government who might like a direct route from Constitution Avenue to Limestone Avenue in the future?
The RRA would like the decision to signalise this intersection overturned.
As always, we encourage you to get involved. The material provided under Freedom of Information is on the RRA website.
Figures 4-1 and 4-2 are pages 14 and 15 of the consulting engineers’ report.
Traffic Lights at Euree Street, Limestone Avenue, Treloar Crescent
The RRA was surprised to find that $1,616,200 has been allocated under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program to signalise this intersection.
We are extremely concerned that this decision will direct even more traffic through Reid, on residential streets not built for the purpose, and that it will create a genuine black spot at the intersection of Euree and Currong Streets.
We sought further information from the current Panel Chair, Alicia Payne MP, and from Transport Canberra and City Services through an FOI request. The papers provided under FOI show that:
– the Black Spot Guidelines have not been met.
– the consulting engineers’ report to the ACT Black Spot Consultative Panel did not recommend signalising this intersection.
– public consultation has not occurred as required under the Guidelines and as recommended in the consulting engineers’ report.
The motivation for ACT Roads nominating this intersection is opaque. There certainly isn’t a history of serious accidents at the site. The consulting engineers’ report (p. 12) found that ‘the collision frequency at this intersection … is considered low to medium for a four-way intersection’.
One wonders why our community was not consulted. One may also ask why the recommended ‘treatment’ (left in, left out) was ignored in favour of the more expensive and more disruptive option of signalising the intersection. In fact, the consulting engineers’ report found that ‘signalising this intersection has the potential to increase the number of rear end collisions that occur at the intersection and could also increase the delay to road users outside of peak periods (p. 12)’.
There is certainly a lack of transparency in this decision making. Why was the intersection nominated in the first place? Who benefits – certainly not the residents of Reid? Why the lack of public consultation? Why choose the more expensive solution that will not only cause more accidents on Limestone Avenue but also potentially create a genuine black spot in Reid? We would like to understand who is pushing for this project – is it developers, the Australian War Memorial or the ACT Government who might like a direct route from Constitution Avenue to Limestone Avenue in the future?
The RRA would like the decision to signalise this intersection overturned.
As always, we encourage you to get involved. The material provided under Freedom of Information is on the RRA website.
Figures 4-1 and 4-2 are pages 14 and 15 of the consulting engineers’ report.