The community have raised their concerns about vehicles speeding in your street which has a 50 km/hr limit. Council has completed traffic counts for a 7 day / 24 hour per day period which has also identified an unacceptable level of speeding.

TfNSW recorded accident data also inform a safety upgrade in a street. Some type of accidents are linked to excessive speeds for the conditions.

The key motivation for Council is to improve safety for the community. From past experience, these devices slow the speed on motorists using the roadway and improve safety for all users and importantly, are effective 24 hours a day.

Remember that although Police need to enforce the speed limit, they are not on-call 24/7. Residents have told Council that by the time they have phoned Police and Police arrive, the speedsters have gone.

No - the devices will not impact vehicles entering/exiting a driveway.

Generally, not with raised thresholds, speed humps or cushions.

Some devices will have loss of on-street parking (roundabouts, Refuge or Median Islands, traffic lights) in all cases, the loss of on-street parking is minimised.

Fences are an obligatory part of some devices, like raised threshold or hump, as required by the State Government’s Transport for NSW (TfNSW); these fences are necessary because pedestrians have mistakenly used the device as a safe place to cross the roadway, leading to vehicle/pedestrian conflict. Fences are installed in the nature strip, 60 centimetres back from the kerb, allowing passengers to alight from the vehicle.

The number of devices required for a street depends on its length. It is important to maintain a standard spacing between the devices to achieve an appropriate speed profile over the whole length of the road. Regular spacing is needed to maintain a constant speed profile along the street. If the humps are located far apart, motorists tend to speed between them, defeating the purpose of the devices.

Council officers will consider any feedback received from the community about the concept design and finalise the location of devices. A report outlining the proposal and feedback from the community will be presented to the Local Traffic Committee. The Committee will consider the proposal and provide expert advice and recommend changes/upgrades if required. At the Ordinary Council meeting, Councillors will consider the Traffic Committee’s recommendation and make a determination.

This panel of expertise meets monthly to consider upgrades and changes to traffic and pedestrian management on the Canterbury Bankstown region. The committee includes representatives from:

• Transport for NSW
• NSW Police
• Members of Parliament (Canterbury Bankstown Local Government Area)
• Canterbury Bankstown Council
• Bus operators

It is important to provide your feedback now by completing the on-line feedback form, emailing haveyoursay@cbcity.nsw.gov.au or contacting the designated project officer as detailed on the project page, before the due date.

Our key motivation is to improve safety for all users. Project officers and the Traffic Committee will consider all feedback and efforts will be made to accommodate all concerns however, it must be stressed that the objective of this upgrade is to improve safety for all road users.