Stevens Street Traffic Calming and Wildlife-Friendly Enhancements

Project Update: February 2026

Community consultation was carried out in March 2025 for a Stevens Street traffic calming treatment design. It was established that 84% of respondents supported or somewhat supported the treatments that were initially proposed.

Although the majority of respondents to this engagement project are in favour of the proposed treatments, a small group of local stakeholders challenged the engagement findings in favour of more cycle friendly treatments along Stevens Street.

Taking the feedback from these stakeholders into consideration, a revised traffic calming design has been developed and was endorsed by Council at the 25 Feb 2026 Ordinary Council Meeting.

Council approved the following changes:

• Retains two existing mid-block asphalt plateaus;
• Formalises the existing ten traffic calming cushions with five mid-block asphalt plateaus; and
• Installs a Wombat Crossing near Nannine Avenue, for a safer crossing to Booyeembara Park.
• Also, that the traffic calming and road safety installations be funded by the MRWA Low-Cost Urban Road Safety Program (LCURSP).

Please scroll down to the key documents section to view the new design for this street.

Construction will commence soon. All residents in the project area will be notified when works begin via a letterdrop.

The team appreciates the community's patience as staff and community have been working through the changes and approvals required.

Project Update: October 2025

Landscaping works to commence soon:

The City of Fremantle has allocated funding in the 2025/26 budget to deliver the landscaping component of this project. The works aim to enhance bobtail habitat and create ecological pathways along the northern verge of Stevens Street, adjacent to Booyeembara Park.

The landscape works will include site preparation and mulching, as well as the installation of habitat logs and limestone boulders. Tubestock planting will follow in winter 2026 to coincide with optimal planting conditions. Wildlife kerbs will be installed as part of the traffic calming civil works, with each landscape node to align with the proposed traffic calming location.

Timing of landscaping works:

• The landscape works will run from Monday 27 October – Friday 31 October, and Monday 3 November - Wednesday 5 November 2025.
• Traffic management will be in place on Stevens Street during these works.

Traffic Calming Civil Works Update:

The City has submitted the proposed traffic calming design to Main Roads for review and feedback. Pending approval, the implementation of the traffic calming measures, including kerbing modifications, is anticipated to commence in late FY25/26. This timeline reflects the necessary coordination and approvals required before construction can begin.

The City of Fremantle is implementing new traffic-calming measures and wildlife-friendly enhancements on Stevens Street, White Gum Valley and we'd love your input.

Stevens Street is a road that connects the White Gum Valley neighbourhood to Booyeembara Park, Sullivan Hall, golf courses and other amenities. To enhance safety for both people and wildlife, as well as to promote active transportation, it is essential to implement traffic calming measures to this increasingly busy local street.

Currently, Stevens Street features a 6-meter-wide verge with barrier curbs along its length. While these kerbs help manage vehicle movement, they also pose a significant obstacle for wildlife attempting to cross from the park to the street, often leaving them stranded. Moreover, the straight stretch of Stevens Street encourages some vehicles to exceed the speed limit, creating an unwelcoming environment for pedestrians and cyclists, as well as posing a safety risk to those trying to access local community assets.

City officers from the Place and Projects and Infrastructure teams have developed a concept proposal that combines traffic calming modifications to Stevens Street intersections and introduces segments of wildlife friendly curbing. Implementing these new traffic engineering measures to slow vehicles will enhance safety on Stevens Street, whilst wildlife-friendly kerbs will improve connectivity for target species such as bobtails.

If you live, play or travel through the Stevens Street area, we want your feedback on the road modifications and wildlife enhancements that are being considered.

To view the concept plans for Stevens Street and learn more about the proposed wildlife-friendly enhancements, please consult the Key Documents section below.

We are asking the public to:

• Share local knowledge and insight on road and pedestrian activity on Stevens Street.
• Review the Key Documents and Frequently Asked Questions.
• Submit feedback on proposed intersection treatments and wildlife-friendly enhancements for Stevens Street via the Survey.
• Provide a written submission or request a 1:1 meeting with a City Officer.

Join our Stevens Street neighbourhood drop-in session at the following date and time:

• When: April 17, 2025
• Where: Sullivan Hall, White Gum Valley
• Time: 6:00pm

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.
• 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:

• By Mail
  PO Box 807
  Fremantle WA 6959
• In Person
  Walyalup Civic Centre
  151 High Street
  Fremantle WA 6160
• By email - communityengagement@fremantle.wa.gov.au
• Online via the submission form below

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 30 April, 2025.