No matter how we travel by car, bike or scooter, speeding impacts the whole community.
To raise awareness around the negative impacts of speeding, the City of Joondalup has been successful in securing grant funding to launch the City’s Speed Awareness and Education Campaign. This campaign has been funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts as part of the National Road Safety Action Grants program.
The funding has supported the purchase and installation of nine solar speed signs which have been installed across the City in the following locations:
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Fairway Circle, Connolly
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Beltana Road, Craigie
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Edgewater Drive, Edgewater
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Caridean Street, Heathridge
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Flinders Avenue, Hillarys
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Dampier Avenue, Kallaroo
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Prendiville Avenue, Ocean Reef
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Gibson Avenue, Padbury
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Woodvale Drive, Woodvale
Each sign location has been carefully selected based on specific criteria:
a) An area with a mix of high vehicle and pedestrian volumes.
b) A road where the 85th percentile traffic speed equals or exceeds 60 km/h within a designated 50 km/h speed zone as identified by traffic speed data recorded via the City’s traffic count survey program.
c) A location within a school precinct.
d) A location that has received numerous complaints or concerns about speeding.
Solar speed signs provide drivers with instant feedback on their speed, helping to reduce speeding on our local roads. The data collected from these signs will support an assessment of their effectiveness and help determine their value to the community.
To support the campaign, the City is partnering with local school communities to raise awareness about the impact of speeding and encourage safe driving pledges.
“It was fantastic to be a part of teaching the Speed Awareness Campaign this year. The students found the lessons engaging, and took a genuine interest in asking in-depth questions about speeding and road safety. In particular, students loved the online speeding, interactive game and kept asking if they could engage in it again and again, even during other lessons and at the end of the day. By the end of the lessons, students were pledging to remain safe on the roads, and said they would be educating their parents to do the same, especially when driving past the new solar sign by our school. Students have said this was a 10/10 campaign to be a part of!” - Mrs. Emma Smith, Teacher, Craigie Heights Primary School
The solar speed signs are managed and maintained by the City. For further information please contact the Transport Engineering team on 9400 4000.