By Alesha Capone
Wyndham council is proposing to reduce the speed limit in the Wattle Avenue precinct of Werribee to 40 kilometres per hour as part of measures to reduce traffic in the area.
If adopted, the speed limit would permanently be reduced in the Wattle Ave neighbourhood bounded by the Princes Highway, Duncans Road and the Princes Freeway.
The speed limit would apply to the residential parts of the Wattle Avenue area, not the surrounding main roads.
The speed limit drop is among the suggestions the council is seeking community feedback on, regarding proposed measures to reduce traffic and speeding – plus boost road safety – in the Wattle Avenue area.
A number of residents have recently contacted the council about increased traffic in the Wattle Avenue region, following the extension of Tarneit Road.
If the community supports reducing the speed limit, council officers will formally ask the Department of Transport to introduce the change.
The council’s draft local area traffic management plan for Wattle Avenue is also proposing to install new “traffic calming treatments” to reinforce the lower speed limit, and in turn discourage through traffic and drivers using Wattle Avenue as a shortcut.
In addition, the council’s draft document states that the traffic island outside 8 Wattle Avenue “is not working effectively to deter speeding”.
“We are currently developing a design to modify this traffic island,” the document reads.
Public feedback on the draft local area traffic management plan for Wattle Avenue is due by midnight on Sunday, December 5.
Details: theloop.wyndham.vic.gov.au/wattle-avenue-local-traffic-management-study
