It is resolved that Council:
(A) receive
and note the community engagement outcomes on the Erskineville and Alexandria
Traffic and Transport Study, as summarised in Attachments B, C, D and E to
the subject report;
(B) note
that City staff will undertake further investigations, design and community
consultation, and liaise with Transport for NSW where applicable, on the
following treatments:
(i)
traffic calming scheme in Maddox Street, taking
into consideration feedback from the community engagement, including the
preference for chicanes, suggestions for improved pedestrian access at the
intersections, and the need to allow for a future planned cycleway link along
Maddox Street;
(ii)
upgrade the intersection of Mitchell Road,
Harley Street and Ashmore Street to a signalised intersection;
(iii) improvements
to either make Harley Street one-way eastbound from Mitchell Road to McEvoy
Street; or a half closure to traffic at the intersection of Harley Street and
McEvoy Street so that vehicles cannot enter via McEvoy Street but maintaining
left out to McEvoy Street;
(iv) continuous
footpath treatment on Belmont Street at Fountain Street;
(v)
intersection narrowing and kerb build-outs at Dadley Street intersections with Renwick Street and Lyne
Street;
(vi) identify
excessively wide intersections in the study area and design and implement
treatments to address these issues progressively as funding allows;
(vii) review
positions and visibility of signage and line marking along Mitchell Road
between Fountain Street and Anderson Street, including side streets; and
(viii) widening
the footpath on both sides of Copeland Street between Fox Avenue and Clara
Street, subject to Transport for NSW approval;
(C) note
that traffic signals at the intersection of Mitchell Road and Maddox Street
will be delivered as part of the development of the adjacent Ashmore Precinct
development site;
(D) take
no further action with regard to the following traffic management treatments
based on the community engagement outcomes:
(i)
full closure of Maddox Street to traffic at
Euston Road or a no left turn from Euston Road into Maddox Street; and
(ii)
full closure of Harley Street to traffic at either
Mitchell Road or McEvoy Street;
(E) note
that traffic counts will be undertaken in Park Street over three months after
the completion of the current roadworks to monitor vehicle volumes, types,
speeds and movements, and whether any further review is needed;
(F) note
that traffic counts will be undertaken in Mitchell Road once all other
treatments as recommended in the subject report are implemented in the
Erskineville and Alexandria Traffic and Transport Study, to review the need for
traffic calming in Mitchell Road; and
(G) note
that the City will request Transport for NSW to consider reinstating the right
turn from Euston Road northbound into Maddox Street (east), including modifying
the lanes on Euston Road to remove the left turn lane and create a right turn bay
instead, to avoid heavy vehicles using other local roads such as Maddox Street
(west) to access their sites.
Carried unanimously.
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