Marmion Ave extension means no speed humps for Yanchep street

SPEED humps won’t be installed on Beachside Pde for now with the City of Wanneroo saying such measures may be unnecessary once the road network, including the extension of Marmion Ave, is completed.

Despite councillors yesterday not supporting the installation of traffic treatments on Beachside Pde between Zamia Rise and Templetonia Blvd they voted unanimously to undertake further traffic counts following completion of the extension of Marmion Ave and the opening of the Yanchep rail station.

Road works to extend Marmion Ave just north of the Yanchep Beach Rd roundabout are already underway – the extension cuts between Splendid Park and homes on the eastern edge of Capricorn Beach estate.

Marmion Ave is being extended to Toreopango Ave, which is also under construction.

Once Toreopango Ave is completed it will connect Two Rocks Rd with the new Yanchep station.

At the October 11 council meeting chief executive officer Daniel Simms said it was his understanding that April 2024 was “the planned moving of rail cars on the track”.

The extension of Marmion Ave will include connections directly onto Marmion Avenue at Lindsay Beach Blvd, Zamia Rise and Biara Rd.

After a petition requesting the installation of speed humps on Beachside Pde was presented to the council the city undertook a traffic count earlier this year.

During the briefing session on October 4 City of Wanneroo assets director Harminder Singh said the traffic count on Beachside Pde, between Zamia Rise and Templetonia Blvd was carried out from July 27 to August 4.

Beachside Pde scored 23 using the city’s local area traffic management policy (LATMP) which the officer’s report said was not high enough to justify the construction of traffic management treatments at this time.

When Mayor Linda Aitken asked what score would be high enough to warrant traffic management treatments Mr Singh said 60 and above.

The report said the issue raised by the residents appeared to be caused by occasional vehicles travelling at higher speeds.

In response to a question from North ward councillor Chris Baker Mr Singh said the traffic study showed 15 per cent of drivers were travelling above 58.7km/h.

The traffic count showed 8 per cent of the vehicle using Beachside Pde between Zamia Rise and Templetonia Blvd were heavy vehicles.