Traffic Treatment - Pedestrian Crossing Upgrades - Glebe Point Road and Wigram Road, Glebe

07/12/2023 - Traffic Treatment - Pedestrian Crossing Upgrades - Glebe Point Road and Wigram Road, Glebe

2023/647316

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Committee endorse the following traffic treatments at the intersection of Glebe Point Road and Wigram Road in Glebe:

(A)      Upgrade of the existing pedestrian at-grade crossing across Glebe Point Road to a raised crossing; and

(B)      Installation of red terracotta background pavers across the existing pedestrian at-grade crossing in Wigram Road.

It is recommended that the Committee endorse the following reallocation of parking in Glebe:

(C)      On the western side of Glebe Point Road between the points 8 metres and 15 metres north of Wigram Road as "No Stopping";

(D)      On the eastern side Glebe Point Road between the points 28 metres and 32.8 metres and between the points 46.1 metres and 46.9 metres south of Ferry Road as "No Stopping";

(E)      On the southern side of Wigram Road between the points 15.2 metres and 22.3 metres west of Glebe Point Road as "No Stopping Australia Post Vehicles & Event Buses Excepted 3 Mins Limit"; and

(F)       On the southern side of Wigram Road between the points 34.5 metres and 37.7 metres west of Glebe Point Road as "2P 8am-6pm Mon-Fri Permit Holders Excepted Area G.

Voting Members for this Item

 

Voting Members

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City of Sydney

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Transport for NSW

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NSW Police – Leichhardt PAC

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Representative for the Member for Balmain

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Advice

The Committee unanimously supported the recommendation.

Background

In response to concerns raised about pedestrian safety at the intersection of Glebe Point Road and Wigram Road, the City is proposing to raise the existing at-grade pedestrian crossing in Glebe Point Road and install red terracotta background pavers at the existing pedestrian crossing in Wigram Road.