Background and community consultation

Project Background
Community consultation

    Project Background

    Background
    With funding from Main Roads WA under the Low Cost Urban Road Safety Program, The City aims to improve road safety for local communities. 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 tailored traffic plans to address local issues.

    The idea 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. This program only applies to local roads - it does not fund any measures (treatments) on main roads.

    As well as input from local residents, this project will considered findings from the 2017 Local Area Traffic Management study and other relevant information. 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:
    • Mini roundabouts
    • Raised safety platforms
    • Signs and lines
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    Community consultation

    Community consultation

    The results of the community engagement and the final treatment plans were presented to Council at the March 2024 OCM. You can view the report here on pages 348 to 393. Consultation was undertaken in two stages, as outlined below.

    Stage 1 of Community Engagement

    We invited residents to let us know what traffic issues they noticed in their neighbourhoods. This can include speed, volume of traffic, parking issues, hooning, rat-running (using local roads to avoid traffic on main roads) or other observations. Residents used either or both of the following methods to register their feedback:

    • an online map to identify areas of concern.
    • in person at a drop-in session on Saturday, 27 May 2023 at the Maylands Sport & Recreation Club to talk with the project team.

    Stage 2 of Community Engagement 

    Earlier in 2023, the City engaged local residents living within the Maylands Peninsula area in order to better understand the key safety concerns relating to your local roads. Based on responses received from a number of mail drops, local drop in sessions and surveys the City developed a Draft Treatment Plan.

    This Draft Treatment Plan considered a range of options available within the LCURS program that are in keeping with both best practice and the local road environment around Maylands Peninsula.

    A recommended Draft Treatment Plan was  developed based on Local Community feedback, Main Roads WA data, and collected traffic data and was made available for the community for further feedback.

    There were several ways to provide feedback:

    1. Online at the City’s Engage Bayswater site – you can view the details of the program and provide input online below.

     2. In writing – you can send your comments to the Chief Executive Officer, PO Box 467, Morley WA 6943, or mail@bayswater.wa.gov.au

    3. Completing the survey on page 4 of the mailed-out document and indicate your support for each treatment and return by post or email to mail@bayswater.wa.gov.au

    4. Visit us at a drop-in session – the City hosted a drop-in session on Thursday, 14 December 2023



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