Stevens Street Traffic Calming and Wildlife-Friendly Enhancements

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.