Cyclists pedalling changes to a proposed road design have had a win.<\/p>\n
The City of Fremantle council backed changing works intended to make Stevens Street in White Gum Valley safer at its February 25 meeting.<\/p>\n
Stevens Street is considered by the city an important part of its cycling network but its straight stretch encourages some vehicles to exceed the speed limit.<\/p>\n
There are currently two mid-block asphalt plateaus and 10 temporary traffic-calming rubber cushions along Stevens Street.<\/p>\n
A city report said this had slowed traffic from 58km\/h to 34km\/h and reduced the amount of traffic from about 1500 vehicles per day to about 900.<\/p>\n
It said 84 per cent of people who responded during community consultation supported the proposed design but a small group wanted more cycle-friendly options.<\/p>\n
As a result, the city has abandoned plans to modify six T-junctions and instead install five permanent plateaus and a \u201cwombat crossing\u201d near Nannine Avenue to make it safer to get to Booyeembara Park.<\/p>\n
The combined cost is about $190,000, some of which may be met by Main Roads.<\/p>\n
\u201cBike awareness\u201d signs that will cost about $2000 will also be installed to let drivers know there may also be cyclists.<\/p>\n
Cr Geoff Graham questioned how many cyclists used Stevens Street, saying it\u2019d be lucky to reach double figures.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know there\u2019s e-bikes in the world now, so it\u2019s easier for people to traverse. But if you\u2019re not on an e-bike, you just about got to be a Tour de France rider to get up and down both ways on Steven Street,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Cr Jemima Williamson-Wong said making the road safer would encourage more cyclists.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sure if there\u2019ll be Tour de France riders but hopefully people with e-bikes in their garage will feel safer to ride,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Cr Andrew Sullivan said Stevens Street was \u201cno more torturous\u201d than other streets in White Gum Valley.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn many ways, because it doesn\u2019t have driveways on one side, it is a better location to encourage cyclists to utilise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A separate path along the northern edge of Stevens Street is being investigated but it will need State and\/or Federal funding, as well as \u201ccareful design\u201d to retain trees.<\/p>\n
Wildlife-friendly kerbing will be installed near recent landscaping on Stevens Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cyclists pedalling changes to a proposed road design have had a win. The City of Fremantle council backed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,10992,135,44,46,84,8080,85,45],"class_list":["post-520959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-fremantle","tag-local-government","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-politics","tag-south","tag-sports","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}