Published
12 January 2001
Ministers
State Government provides $13 million for 'black spot' road projects
9/1/01 Transport Minister Murray Criddle has released a list of more that 230 road trouble spots and potentially hazardous locations around Western Australia that will be eliminated by July this year under State Government's annual $13 million Black Spot Program.
9/1/01
Transport Minister Murray Criddle has released a list of more that 230 road trouble spots and potentially hazardous locations around Western Australia that will be eliminated by July this year under State Government's annual $13 million Black Spot Program.
In addition to the Government's $13 million, a further $3.5 million will be contributed by various local government authorities around WA to support safety projects on local roads.
Mr Criddle said State Government funding for the elimination of 'black spots' over the next four years would be $52 million ($13 million a year).
"We hope that local government authorities can continue their contributions at the current level of $3.5 million, which would boost overall spending on 'black spots' to $65 million over the next four years," he said.
The Minister said that under the big road safety initiative, half the 'black spot' money would be spent on projects in country WA and the remainder in the metropolitan area.
"This spending is part of the State Government's major assault on the road toll," he said.
"The WA Regional Road Groups, which played a crucial role in identifying the projects, are currently notifying local government councils of the works to be funded in 2000-2001.
"I'm pleased that the works will deal with a wide range of safety issues and cater for a variety of road users which local governments are committed to completing by July this year."
The road safety initiative includes 116 'black spot' projects on local government roads in rural WA and a further 76 local road projects in metropolitan Perth. An additional 41 projects are on State highways and other major roads.
Mr Criddle said one of the key State road initiatives was the installation of advanced flashing amber warning signals at various four-way intersections on the major traffic routes of Roe, Reid and Tonkin Highways, Ennis Avenue, Patterson, Rockingham and Armadale Roads.
He said the WA Municipal Association, Main Roads WA, and the Road Safety Council had input in the selection of the 'black spot' program.
The Road Safety Council comprised representatives from the WA Police, the RAC, Health Department, Education Ministry, local government and the Department of Transport.
"I'm grateful to everybody who has had input in this major road safety initiative which I believe will be enthusiastically embraced by communities right around Western Australia," Mr Criddle said.
"It is an on-going program that will make our entire road network safer and more efficient."
A key part of the program will be the installation of flashing amber warning signal at:
Tonkin Highway - Leach Highway $ 15,000
Tonkin Highway - Morley Drive $ 30,000
Tonkin Highway - Benara Road $ 25,000
Tonkin Highway - Reid Highway $ 15,000
Reid Highway Malaga Drive $ 80,000
Reid Highway - Alexander Drive $ 80,000
Reid Highway - Mirrabooka Avenue $ 25,000
Reid Highway - Erindale Road $ 25,000
Reid Highway - Beechboro Road $ 25,000
Reid Highway - Altone Road $ 15,000
Reid Highway - West Swan Road $ 17,000
Roe Highway - Great Northern Highway $ 15,000
Ennis Avenue - Elanora Avenue $ 10,000
Ennis Ave - Council Avenue - Carvie Street $ 25,000
Ennis Avenue - Dixon Avenue $ 15,000
Patterson Road - Mandurah Road - Mason Road $ 30,000
Rockingham Road - Thomas Road $ 15,000
Armadale Road - Nicholson Road $ 17,000
Project Management $ 21,000
Total $500,000
Other key 'black' spot' initiatives to be completed this financial year also include:
Mitchell Freeway - modification to ramps to improve pedestrian safety and vehicle access to Whitfords train station ($266,000);
Albany Highway/Brookton Highway - intersection improvements to enhance safety for heavy vehicles ($309,000);
Leach Highway - reconstruct intersection of North Lake Road/Leach Highway, provide on-road bicycle facilities, provide U-turn facilities at Quinn and Wheyland Streets ($574,000);
Mandurah Road and Ennis Avenue - installation of street lighting at Royal Palm Drive, Kennedy Drive, Stakehill Road, Singleton Beach Road, Paganini Road, Crystaluna Drive and Madora Beach Road ($500,000);
Morley Drive - intersection improvements Steven Street and McGilvray Avenue, right turn pocket at Jennifer Road and Ballarat Street, lengthen right turn pocket at Camboon Road, provide on-road bicycle facility Morley Drive ($866,000).
The complete list of the metropolitan, State and local road projects is attached.
For further information, contact Dean Roberts at Main Roads on 9323 4638 or 041 990 7230.
Media contact:
Doug Cunningham 9321 7333
LOCAL GOVERNMENT | STATE BLACKSPOT PROGRAM 2000/01 Metropolitan Region | TOTAL |
 | (Projects on State and Local roads) | |
| Armadale | Third Avenue/South West Highway Intersection - Install median island | 7,200 |
| Armadale | Clifton Street/Butler Street Intersection - Install pedestrian islands | 13,200 |
| Armadale | Rundle Street/Albany Highway Intersection - Install channelisation, left and right turn lanes, and pedestrian islands | 44,000 |
| Armadale | Lowanna Street/Tate Street Intersection - Install traffic islands, channelisation and signs | 16,700 |
| Armadale | Railway Avenue/Champion Drive Intersection - Install roundabout | 31,500 |
| Armadale | Seville Drive - Install channelisation and intersection treatments | 160,000 |
| Armadale | Admiral Road (School Access) - Widen access to school | 4,600 |
| Armadale | Railway Avenue/Westfield Road Intersection - Install roundabout | 50,000 |
| Armadale | Ninth Road/Wungong Road Intersection - Widening to minimum standard width | 47,700 |
| Armadale | Nicholson Road/Rowley Road Intersection - Install channelisation, improve lighting and signs | 78,400 |
| Armadale | Railway Avenue (Sherwood Railway Station) - Install median islands, pedestrian ramps and relocate bus embayments | 110,800 |
| Armadale | Orlando Street/Clifton Street Intersection - Install roundabout | 74,600 |
| Armadale | Albany Highway/Brookton Hwy -intersection improvements | 309,000 |
| Armadale | Armadale Road - Construct pedestrian facility near Seventh Road | 15,000 |
| Bayswater | Broun Ave/Russell Road Intersection - Install high skid asphalt layer | 80,000 |
| Bayswater | Walter Road West/Coode Street Intersection - Install high skid asphalt layer | 100,000 |
| Bayswater | Walter Road West/Birkett Street Intersection - Install high skid asphalt layer | 54,000 |
| Bayswater | Morley Drive - various intersection and cyclist facility improvements | 866,000 |
| Belmont | Wright Street/Kooyong Road Intersection - Install roundabout | 82,500 |
| Belmont | Belgravia Street/Keane Street Intersection - Install roundabout | 80,000 |
| Belmont | Abernethy Road/Kewdale Road Intersection - Construct left turn slip lane | 80,000 |
| Cambridge | Grantham Street/Seymour Avenue Intersection -Modify intersection | 5,000 |
| Cambridge | The Boulevard/Seymour Avenue Intersection - Modify intersection | 8,000 |
| Canning | Cecil Avenue (Albany Highway to Carousel Road) - Install roundabout, right turn pockets and traffic island | 105,000 |
| Canning | Whaleback Avenue (Vellgrove Avenue-High Road) - Install signs and lines | 27,000 |
| Canning | Walpole Street/Dumond Street Intersection - Install roundabout | 60,000 |
| Canning | Lawson Street/Farnham Street Intersection - Install traffic islands | 27,000 |
| Canning | Webb Street/Bull Creek Drive Intersection - Modify intersection | 33,000 |
| Canning | Holder Street (Hill View to Stannard Street) - Install traffic island | 39,000 |
| Canning | Ashburton Street/Boulder Street Intersection - Install roundabout | 54,000 |
| Fremantle | Peel Road/Ladner Street Intersection - Upgrade lines and signs | 4,250 |
| Fremantle | High Street/Amherst Street Intersection - Install traffic islands | 10,850 |
| Fremantle | Forsyth Street/Hines Road Intersection - Upgrade lines and signs | 4,700 |
| Fremantle | Stock Road/Sainsbury Road Intersection - Modify intersection | 22,050 |
| Gosnells | Berehaven Avenue/Storey Road Intersection - Construct pedestrian refuge islands | 10,000 |
| Gosnells | Gosnells Road West/Westfield Street Intersection - Install roundabout and improve lighting | 72,000 |
| Gosnells | Eudoria Street/Harry Street Intersection - Install roundabout and improve lighting | 50,000 |
| Gosnells | Albany Highway/Nicholson Road - traffic signal improvements | 25,000 |
| Gosnells | Tonkin Highway/Kelvin Road - Traffic signal improvements and right turn arrows | 35,000 |
| Joondalup | Ocean Reef Road/Oceanside Promenade Intersection - Install roundabout | 200,000 |
| Joondalup | Davallia Road - Lane narrowing, and install turning pockets | 160,000 |
| Joondalup | Mitchell Freeway - Modify ramps to improve pedestrian safety/vehicle access Whitfords Stn | 266,000 |
| Joondalup | Marmion Avenue/ Ocean Reef Road - Install pedestrian facilities at traffic signals | 7,000 |
| Kalamunda | Gooseberry Hill Road/Watsonia Road Intersection - Install roundabout | 68,000 |
| Kwinana | Anketell Road/McLaughlan Road Intersection - Install street lighting | 22,500 |
| Kwinana | DeHaer Road-Leslie Road Intersection - Widening and rehabilitate pavement | 76,638 |
| Kwinana | Thomas Road-McLaughlan Road Intersection - Modify intersection | 66,483 |
| Kwinana | McLaughlan Road-Anketell Road Intersection - Install guardrail | 11,000 |
| Kwinana | Anketell Road-Abercrombie Road Intersection - Realign Abercrombie Road and install roundabout and street lighting | 228,796 |
| Kwinana | Beard Street-Leath Road Intersection - Install roundabout | 65,000 |
| Melville | South Street-Beasley Street Intersection - Install seagull island | 18,000 |
| Melville | Leach Highway-Rome Road Intersection - Install seagull island | 18,000 |
| Melville | Stock Road-Davis Road Intersection - Install roundabout | 60,000 |
| Melville | Reynolds Road-Queens Road Intersection - Install roundabout and improve lighting | 90,000 |
| Melville | Rome Road-McCoy Street Intersection - Install roundabout | 60,000 |
| Melville | Canning Highway-Hislop Road Intersection - Install seagull island, relocate bus embayment | 75,000 |
| Melville | North Lake Road-Garling Street Intersection - Install seagull island | 15,000 |
| Melville | Leach Highway - various road and bicycle facility improvements | 574,000 |
| Mundaring | Myles Road/Dalwood Road Intersection - Install roundabout | 60,000 |
| Mundaring | Morrison Road/Balfour Road Intersection - Install passing lane | 40,000 |
| Nedlands | Smyth Street/Stirling Road Intersection - Construct islands and install signs, no right turn | 9,000 |
| Nedlands | Loch Street/Carrington Street Intersection - Modify central island and approaches | 22,500 |
| Nedlands | Lock Street/Bedford Street Intersection- Construct two pedestrian refuge/traffic islands and modify parking bays | 30,000 |
| Nedlands | North Street/Kirkwood Road Intersection - Construct pedestrian refuge/traffic islands and remove parking bays | 7,000 |
| Perth City | William Street/Francis Street Intersection - Install new traffic control signals | 140,000 |
| Perth City | Mount Street Overpass - Resufrace overpass to provide skid resistance | 100,000 |
| Rockingham | Read Street/Malibu Road Intersection - Install roundabout | 210,000 |
| Rockingham | Rae Road/1.7km West Read Street Intersection - Install street lighting | 55,000 |
| Rockingham | Rockingham Road/Beard Road/Lees Street - Install advance flashing lights | 20,000 |
| Rockingham | Mandurah Road and Ennis Avenue - Install street lighting at various intersections | 500,000 |
| South Perth | Hayman Road/Thelma Street Intersection - Install seagull island | 6,500 |
| South Perth | Manning Road/Ley Street Intersection - Modify traffic control signals and line marking | 17,000 |
| Swan | Marshall Road/Bellefin Drive Intersection - Install traffic control signals | 85,000 |
| Swan | Morrison Road/Great Eastern Highway/Byers Road intersection - Modify left turn slip lane and constrict lane width | 66,000 |
| Swan | Farrall Road/Lewis Jones Cross Intersection - Increase deflection angles at roundabout | 16,000 |
| Swan | Bushmead Road/Stirling Cresent Intersection - Overlay with skid resistant material | 20,000 |
| Swan | Alexander Drive/Reid Highway - Modify existing slip lanes to improve safety | 33,000 |
| Victoria Park | Shepperton Road/Sommerset Street Intersection - Install right turn pocket and modify intersection | 270,000 |
| Victoria Park | Hillview Terrace/Devenish Street Intersection - Install central median, install bike lane and non-skid treatment | 120,000 |
| Vincent | Loftus Street/Vincent Street Intersection - Create left turn pocket and realign east side of Vincent Street | 100,000 |
| Vincent | Chapman Street/Lord Street Intersection - Install approach splitter islands and signs | 15,000 |
| Wanneroo | Koondoola Avenue - Install roundabout, pedestrian refuge and traffic islands and painted medians | 300,000 |
| Wanneroo | Blackmore Avenue - Install traffic islands, painted medians and signs | 40,000 |
| Wanneroo | Mirrabooka Avenue/Aristos Way Intersection - Install left turn lane, signs and linemarking | 42,000 |
| Wanneroo | Marangaroo Drive/Giralt Road Intersection - Install left turn lane, upgrade signs and provide new skid resistant surface | 42,000 |
| Wanneroo | Amberton Road - Install traffic and pedestrian refuge islands and a roundabout | 210,000 |
| Wanneroo | Church Road - Install traffic islands, pedestrian refuges, parking embayments and medians | 70,000 |
| Various | Install advance flashing amber signals at various intersections on Roe, Reid and Tonkin Highways; Ennis Avenue; Armadale, Patterson and Rockingham Roads | 500,000 |
