Local Road Safety Program

Background

The City of Bayswater is participating in the State Government’s Low Cost Urban Road Safety (LCURS) Program. The LCURS Program involves installing low-cost road treatments that can improve the safety of roads and is being applied across various locations in the Perth Metropolitan area, including several precincts in the City of Bayswater. The LCURS Program is fully funded by the State Government and is supported by the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Road Safety, through commitment via the Road Trauma Trust Account.

The LCURS Program is facilitated by Main Roads Western Australia, and the City has secured funding from this program for the design and construction of a number of traffic-calming measures across the City of Bayswater.

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

The Low Cost Urban Road Safety Program aims to improve safety for local communities. Successful treatments in other metropolitan areas have been installed to reduce speed, number and severity of crashes, and to create safer walking and cycling environments.

There are some road treatments that are better suited to slow traffic in particular conditions. Detailed information on the types of treatments is available here, and may include:

• Raised safety platforms (speed reducing platforms, speed cushions)
• Traffic calming in road options (narrowings, chicanes, slow points where possible)
• Signs and lines (new line marking, clearer markings etc )

This program only applies to local roads. It does not fund any measures (treatments) on main roads.

The goal is to make whole neighbourhoods safer, not just single roads. The funding is for a range of small solutions, focusing on many low-cost treatments rather than one large one.

What's Next

The program is being rolled out in packages:

2021 - Package 1 (Frank Drago and Bayswater Waves Precincts) Complete

2024 - Package 2 (Shearn Park Precinct) Complete

2025/26 - Package 3 (Maylands Central, RA Cook & Weld Square) Currently out for construction tender.

2026 - Package 4 (Whatley Crescent Nth, Beaufort Park, Hillcrest Reserve & Maylands Peninsular) Planned for construction mid 2026

2026 - Package 5 (Hampton Square, Tonkin Business Park, Ashfield Flats, Broadway Arboretum) Planned to commence community engagement March 2026

See below for specific project updates and opportunities to be involved.

Please Note: We want to gain the knowledge and expertise of the people who live on the local roads, and the City is asking residents of the areas to comment on their local streets.

Please register an account with Engage Bayswater to participate online. We are committed to your privacy and security; your information will not be shared and responses will not be identified.