FAQs
Identify and prioritise neighbourhood areas with a higher-than-average casualty crash history.
Fund the design and construction of road safety improvements that reduce the risk of fatalities and serious injuries.
Deliver area-wide treatments that provide broader safety and amenity benefits for the community.
Improve safety at local roads and intersections through measures such as mini roundabouts, raised safety platforms, pedestrian crossing facilities, speed humps, gateway treatments and other traffic calming features.
Encourage safer travel behaviour and create more liveable neighbourhood streets.
What is the Low Cost Urban Road Safety Program?
Many serious crashes occur on local roads and intersections that are managed by local governments. To help improve safety in these areas, Main Roads Western Australia has established the Low Cost Urban Road Safety Program (Low Cost URSP).
The program supports local governments to identify and address road safety issues through practical, evidence-based improvements that reduce the likelihood and severity of crashes.
Treatments are typically delivered on an area-wide or whole-of-street basis to create safer and more consistent road environments for all users, particularly pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users.
The Low Cost URSP aims to:
The program is delivered by Main Roads Western Australia in partnership with local governments across the metropolitan area.
Who is funding this project?
The Town is seeking funding for this project through Main Roads Western Australia's Low Cost Urban Road Safety Program (Low Cost URSP).
The Low Cost URSP supports local governments to deliver road safety improvements in neighbourhood areas with a higher-than-average crash history. The program funds the design and construction of treatments that reduce the risk and severity of crashes while improving safety and amenity for the community.
Why were these locations selected?
Earlier this year, the Town invited the community to share their experiences and concerns about road safety across Mosman Park. This feedback provided valuable local insight into areas where safety improvements may be needed.
Following consultation, the Town worked with traffic and transport specialists PJA to review community feedback alongside traffic data, crash history, school precinct issues, previous studies and other relevant information.
By combining local knowledge with technical analysis, the Town identified locations where community concerns were supported by evidence and where practical, low-cost improvements could deliver the greatest safety benefits.
The proposed locations were then assessed against the objectives and eligibility criteria of Main Roads Western Australia's Low Cost Urban Road Safety Program to ensure funding is directed to areas where it can have the greatest impact.
Why are there multiple/different types of treatments being proposed?
Different locations have different safety issues, street conditions and user needs, so the same treatment will not be appropriate everywhere. A mix of treatment types is therefore proposed so each location can be matched with the most suitable and effective low-cost response.
Why does the report refer to corridors?
The report refers to corridors where road safety issues are occurring along a length of street rather than at one isolated point. This means a coordinated package of treatments may be needed along that section to slow traffic, improve driver behaviour and create more consistent safety outcomes.