Low Cost Urban Road Safety Program

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The City of Fremantle and Main Roads WA (MRWA) are partnering to implement new traffic-calming measures across specific neighbourhoods in Fremantle. This road safety initiative is funded by MRWA’s Low Cost Urban Road Safety Program (Low Cost URSP) and will target local streets adjacent to Horrie Long Reserve and Stevens Street.

As part of this project, traffic calming interventions will be designed and installed along:

  • Holland St.
  • Forrest St.
  • Chalmers St.
  • Amherst St.
  • Blinco St.
  • Knutsford St.
  • Stevens St.
  • Wood St.
  • Montreal St.
  • Stack St.

If you live, work or travel through these local streets, we want your feedback on the road safety treatment types that are being considered.

What is the Low Cost URSP?

The MRWA program aims to actively identify and prioritise local neighbourhood areas with a higher-than-average casualty crash history and provide funding (through reimbursement of cost and payments) for the design and construction of road treatments that reduce fatalities and/or serious injury. Traffic-calming that can reduce crash risk on local roads include mini roundabouts, compact roundabouts, uncontrolled pedestrian crossing facilities, raised safety platforms, speed humps, entry statements and other minor road features and amendments.

Under the Low Cost URSP requirements, the proposed neighbourhood road safety treatments will be installed on an area-wide, whole-of-street basis. This approach has been shown to enhance the fabric of a neighbourhood, encourages safe road user behaviour and improves amenity. To see the proposed layout and types of safety treatments, consult the Key Documents section or explore the Interactive Map.

We are asking the public to:

  • Share local knowledge and insight on the activity of neighbourhood streets in the project area.
  • Review the Key Documents, Interactive Map and Frequently Asked Questions.
  • Submit feedback on proposed traffic calming treatments for the Horrie Long Reserve neighbourhood.
  • Submit feedback on proposed traffic calming treatments for the Stevens Street neighbourhood.
  • Provide a written submission or request a 1:1 meeting with a City Officer.

Join our Low Cost URSP neighbourhood drop-in session at the following date and time:

  • When: Tuesday 4 March, 2025
  • Where: Sullivan Hall, White Gum Valley
  • Time: 6:30pm

City Officers aim to:

  • Provide clear information to residents within the project area, timeline and any updates regarding scheduled works.
  • Keep you informed, listen to and acknowledge concerns and provide feedback on how public input influenced the project.
  • Work with you to ensure that your concerns and aspirations are noted, and provide clarity on questions that may arise.
  • Inform the public on how to make future requests and work with the City of Fremantle to increase neighbourhood road safety.

How can you make your submission?
Submissions can be submitted online via the submission form below, or:

A hard copy of the survey can be sent or picked up upon request by emailing the Community Engagement team here: communityengagement@fremantle.wa.gov.au.

Submissions close on March 21, 2025.

The City of Fremantle and Main Roads WA (MRWA) are partnering to implement new traffic-calming measures across specific neighbourhoods in Fremantle. This road safety initiative is funded by MRWA’s Low Cost Urban Road Safety Program (Low Cost URSP) and will target local streets adjacent to Horrie Long Reserve and Stevens Street.

As part of this project, traffic calming interventions will be designed and installed along:

  • Holland St.
  • Forrest St.
  • Chalmers St.
  • Amherst St.
  • Blinco St.
  • Knutsford St.
  • Stevens St.
  • Wood St.
  • Montreal St.
  • Stack St.

If you live, work or travel through these local streets, we want your feedback on the road safety treatment types that are being considered.

What is the Low Cost URSP?

The MRWA program aims to actively identify and prioritise local neighbourhood areas with a higher-than-average casualty crash history and provide funding (through reimbursement of cost and payments) for the design and construction of road treatments that reduce fatalities and/or serious injury. Traffic-calming that can reduce crash risk on local roads include mini roundabouts, compact roundabouts, uncontrolled pedestrian crossing facilities, raised safety platforms, speed humps, entry statements and other minor road features and amendments.

Under the Low Cost URSP requirements, the proposed neighbourhood road safety treatments will be installed on an area-wide, whole-of-street basis. This approach has been shown to enhance the fabric of a neighbourhood, encourages safe road user behaviour and improves amenity. To see the proposed layout and types of safety treatments, consult the Key Documents section or explore the Interactive Map.

We are asking the public to:

  • Share local knowledge and insight on the activity of neighbourhood streets in the project area.
  • Review the Key Documents, Interactive Map and Frequently Asked Questions.
  • Submit feedback on proposed traffic calming treatments for the Horrie Long Reserve neighbourhood.
  • Submit feedback on proposed traffic calming treatments for the Stevens Street neighbourhood.
  • Provide a written submission or request a 1:1 meeting with a City Officer.

Join our Low Cost URSP neighbourhood drop-in session at the following date and time:

  • When: Tuesday 4 March, 2025
  • Where: Sullivan Hall, White Gum Valley
  • Time: 6:30pm

City Officers aim to:

  • Provide clear information to residents within the project area, timeline and any updates regarding scheduled works.
  • Keep you informed, listen to and acknowledge concerns and provide feedback on how public input influenced the project.
  • Work with you to ensure that your concerns and aspirations are noted, and provide clarity on questions that may arise.
  • Inform the public on how to make future requests and work with the City of Fremantle to increase neighbourhood road safety.

How can you make your submission?
Submissions can be submitted online via the submission form below, or:

A hard copy of the survey can be sent or picked up upon request by emailing the Community Engagement team here: communityengagement@fremantle.wa.gov.au.

Submissions close on March 21, 2025.

  • Frequently Asked Questions

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    Why is the City embarking on this project? Why are we focusing on these locations? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for more information.

    Read the FAQ here.

  • Map: Horrie Long Low Cost URSP

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    Want to know what traffic calming treatments are being considered for the streets west of Horrie Long Reserve under this round of Low Cost URSP funding?

    Click here to view the proposed works and project area.

  • Map: Stevens Street Low Cost URSP

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    Want to know what traffic calming treatments are being considered for the streets surrounding Monument Hill and Stevens Reserve under this round of Low Cost URSP funding?

    Click here to view the proposed works and project area.

  • Explainer: Low Cost Treatment Types

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    The Low Cost URSP aims to install low-cost safety treatments on local roads, such as mini roundabouts, compact roundabouts, uncontrolled pedestrian crossing facilities, raised safety platforms, speed humps, entry statements and other minor road features and amendments.

    Click here to view the treatment types being proposed for the Horrie Long Reserve and Stevens Street neighbourhoods.

  • Related Project: Safe and Functional Streets

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    Between November 2023 to February 2024 the City of Fremantle conducted a community engagement initiative for two key infrastructure policies - road safety and traffic calming - united under the campaign theme "Safe & Functional Streets". The Safe and Functional Streets Engagement Report, a culmination of vital contributions from community discussions and feedback, was unanimously approved at the Ordinary Council Meeting on July 24, 2024.

    With the aim of working alongside the community to improve access to bike racks in Fremantle’s City centre, the CBD Bike Rack project also falls within the scope and direction of the City’s "Safe & Functional Streets” initiative.

    Click here to visit the Safe and Functional Streets Project Page

  • Related: Our Strategic Community Plan

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    The Horrie Long neighbourhood Low Cost Urban Road Treatment project aims to implement solutions with strategic, long-term thinking and guidance that speaks to the City of Fremantle’s 2024-2034 Strategic Community Plan, as well as the City’s asset renewal program related to footpaths, street lighting, and other amenities.

    The City's 2024-2034 Strategic Community Plan is the City’s most significant guiding document and establishes the community’s long-term aspirations and vision for Fremantle’s future. The Plan drives the City’s planning, budgeting, resource allocation and service delivery over the next decade, and was developed in direct collaboration with people who live, work, and play in Fremantle. This project meets a number of key focus areas set out by the community - most importantly that Fremantle is a Liveable City that fosters "socially connected neighbourhoods" and "is easy and safe for pedestrians and cyclists to move within neighbourhoods and between key destinations and precincts."

    Read the Strategic Community Plan here.


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