City-wide 40 kph Speed Limit initial community consultation
22/09/2015
Background
Traffic management is one of the more challenging issues which the Council is required to regularly consider particularly given the competing demands on local roads which must be taken into account and the difficulty in striking a balance.
Traffic management also affects the whole community and the Council therefore seeks to balance the needs of a broad range of road users with an appropriate and acceptable level of amenity for the community.
Why a 40 kph speed limit?
The main reason for considering the introduction of the 40 kph speed limit is to improve amenity and safety for Citizens by lowering the speed limit.
Key information at a glance
The Council is interested in your views regarding the possibility of introducing a 40 kph speed limit along all streets which are under its care, control and management.
In this respect, broadly speaking, the proposal is as follows:
- introducing a 40 kph speed limit along all suburban roads within the City
- the proposed 40 kph speed limit would exclude the named main roads, as shown on the map
- the proposal would not change the 25 kph speed limits which apply to School Zones
- as a 40 kph speed limit currently applies to the Stepney Triangle (shaded area on map below), no change is proposed for this area.
Consultation process and next steps
The Council is seeking your views as an initial step in its consideration of this proposal. Should the community support this initiative, then the Council will consider pursuing the proposal further. This would include developing detailed designs for individual streets which, in addition to the lower speed limit, could require the implementation of traffic calming measures such as linemarking, signage or physical devices (e.g. chicanes). If this were to occur, community consultation would also be undertaken as the next step.
In order to introduce a lower speed limit the Council requires approval from the Minister for Road Safety. An application to the Minister, seeking approval for the 40 kph limit would need to be made, and as part of this process, would need to provide certain details including the results of the community consultation processes.
The Council has commissioned McGregor Tan Research to undertake this initial community consultation process through conducting and collating responses to a survey of all its citizens and property owners. The survey is conducted in compliance with the Privacy Act.
The report which is to be submitted to the Council by McGregor Tan Research, will outline its analysis of the survey responses. The report will be made publicly available with no individual answers attributed to any individual participant in the survey.
How to have your say
All residents, property owners and business operators will receive one survey to complete.
The Survey can be completed online by either scanning the QR code or copying the link contained within the Survey into a web browser and entering the supplied Survey ID.
To view a sample of the Survey, download: Sample Survey Form
Alternatively, the completed Survey Form can be posted back in the prepaid envelope provided to McGregor Tan Research or you can drop it into a survey box at the Norwood Town Hall or our Libraries
Completed Survey Forms must be submitted by no later than Monday 19 October 2015.
The Council is scheduled to consider the Report which is to be submitted by McGregor Tan Research outlining the results of the Survey early in 2016.
More information
For further information regarding the Council’s proposal, contact:
Claude Malak
Council’s Manager, City Assets
T: 08 8366 4533
E: cmalak@npsp.sa.gov.au
For further information regarding the Survey, if you have not received a Survey Form or require the Form in another language, contact:
Mr David O’Dea
General Manager McGregor Tan Research
T: 08 8433 0200
E: david@mcgregor.com.au
