Urban Road Safety Program - Westminster

The City of Stirling and Main Roads WA have been working collaboratively on a new Urban Road Safety Program (URSP) to implement low-cost road safety treatments to reduce the likelihood of serious crashes occurring.

Over the last two years, the City, in conjunction with Main Roads WA, installed pilot projects in Joondanna, Osborne Park and Mount Lawley. This year we are considering expanding the program to Westminster based on positive responses from the community to these past projects. 

The City is proposing the installation of four raised safety platforms at intersections in the area bounded by Wanneroo Road, Reid Highway and Amberley Way. Proposed locations are Victoria Road/Lodesworth Road (both intersections), Amberley Way/Lodesworth Road and Amberley Way/Blackdoune Way. These treatments will improve safety by reducing vehicle speeds and improving the visibility of the intersections to motorists.

The footprint of these raised intersection platforms is considerably smaller than the typical intersection plateau and there are no proposed changes to kerb alignments.

In addition to the raised intersection platforms, a midblock safety plateaus are proposed on Amberley Way on each approach to Shelbred Way and an additional mini roundabout at the intersection of Balcombe Way and Selhan Place.

The City received some great community feedback in response to the proposal to improve road safety in the Westminster area through the Urban Road Safety Program. With majority support for the project, the City will work with Main Roads to complete the design with the goal of constructing the proposed traffic treatments by the end of the financial year. Where suggestions for changes have been made by the community, these will be discussed with Main Roads WA to see if they are feasible and can be incorporated within the scope of this project.