15-09-2022
Plans for the pedestrian crossing on Goulburn Street, Crookwell to improve safety in around Goulburn Street Crookwell are being finalised and Council is seeking your feedback.
Community feedback, along with crash data and other road safety information, will help refine designs and improve safety at this location.
“Council and Transport for NSW have been working closely on this issue and TfNSW understands there are concerns regarding pedestrian safety at the existing pedestrian crossing on Goulburn Street at Crookwell,” General Manager Colleen Worthy said.
“Those concerns include:
- Road users failing to give way to pedestrians using the crossing
- Pedestrians feeling unsafe when they use the crossing
- Difficulty for road users judging the intention of pedestrians lingering on the edge of the crossing
- Pedestrians stepping straight onto crossing without the safety of stepping off a kerb first
- Appropriate speed for road users travelling down Goulburn Street
- Illegal and unsafe parking movements in Goulburn Street and the intersections of Roberts, Spring and Colyer Streets.
“To improve safety and address community concerns, TfNSW has proposed:
- upgrading the crossing between Robert Street and Spring Street to a raised crossing
- including a terracotta coloured platform surface to the raised crossing to increase visibility,
- improving line marking and signage related to the crossing
- reducing the speed limit in areas of high pedestrian activity in and at entry to Goulburn Street
- providing a primary area for pedestrians to step onto before stepping onto the crossing
We would particularly like feedback on
- whether your key concerns have been understood
- regarding road safety in Goulburn Street at Crookwell,
- whether the community would support a reduced speed zone to improve safety for pedestrians,
- preferences for the location of high pedestrian activity areas, and
- whether the future area for the high pedestrian activity area should extend along Goulburn Street between Roberts and Spring Streets (1 block) or between Roberts and Colyer Streets (2 blocks).
To have your say or for more information, please visit the “Have Your Say Upper Lachlan” website(link is external). The community consultation period will be open from 14 September 2022 to 14 October 2022.
Upper Lachlan Council will also run, in parallel, community consultation sessions on the future treatments for the approaches to the pedestrian crossing, as these will need to be modified to make the crossing safer. The two public consultation meetings will be held on Wednesday 28 September 2022. The community can attend in person at Emily Chalker Sports Centre in Robertson St Crookwell at either 10am or 5.30pm in that period.
Following consultation a consultation summary will be prepared and recommendations made on the next steps.