Norfolk Neighbourhood Safe Active Street
The City of Vincent is continuing to work towards making improvements and changes on and around Norfolk Street, involving residents to help create their vision of a safe active street.
Background
Safe Active Streets (SAS) is a cycling infrastructure grant program available to local governments funded by the Government of Western Australia. Using a range of improvements, local streets are upgraded to create an environment where traffic speeds are limited to 30 km/h and the volume of traffic is low. In most cases the streets have enhanced landscaping to help create an environment where people feel welcomed, and it becomes safer to walk and ride.
The City of Vincent began exploring opportunities to make improvements and changes on and around Norfolk Street in 2022, after receiving funding from the Department of Transport (DoT) to undertake a feasibility study, community consultation and initial concept designs.
Residents were encouraged to get involved through community forums and information sessions. From increasing park space, to creating slower traffic flows and making getting around by bike and on foot safer and easier, everything was up for discussion.
Community workshops took place in May 2022 and were well-attended, with Norfolk Neighbourhood residents keen to share their ideas for a Safe Active Street. These sessions helped us understand community preferences and a review of feedback highlighted some clear likes and dislikes for the various street treatment options.
For example, pocket or mid-blocked parks, diagonal diversions, straight one-lane passing and partial road closures were popular with almost everyone. Participants were less keen on road humps, raised or modified intersections and parking nibs. Opinions were mixed when it came to narrowing streets, tightening corners and angled one-way passing. Parking was something residents generally felt should be retained regardless of the type of street treatment.
DOT awarded Vincent a second grant in May 2023 for Phase 2: 100% Detailed Design of the Norfolk Neighbourhood Safe Active Street, and in December Vincent engaged PJA Consultants to help achieve this.
Project details
The proposed Norfolk Neighbourhood Safe Active Street is jointly funded by the DoT as part of the Western Australian Bicycle Network (WABN) grants program.
The route, which includes parts of Venn Street, Norfolk Street, Alma Road, Ethel Street and Throssell Street in North Perth, is 1.6 km long and forms part of the Long-Term Cycle Network (LTCN) and the City of Vincent Bike Network Plan 2023-2028
This stage of the project builds on earlier community feedback and aims to develop detailed design options for a potential Safe Active Street route in the Norfolk Neighbourhood.
Most people are familiar with speedbumps and other common traffic management devices, but there are many solutions and examples of safe active streets throughout Perth suburbs. You can view some of these, and an introductory video, in the document library to the right of this page. The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section also provides further information.
As part of this latest design development phase, Vincent will again be seeking community input, and further details will be shared when available.
Have your say
There will be opportunities for community members to participate in information and feedback sessions as part of this latest phase of design development.
We encourage everyone to get involved and have their say, including those who participated in the earlier stage of this process.
What will happen next?
After the consultation period closes, feedback we receive will be reviewed. A report will then be presented to Council for consideration.
Everyone who provides feedback will be notified when this will be considered by Council. Members of the public are welcome to attend the Council Briefing and Council Meeting to ask questions or comment on the proposal.
Information on this page is available in alternative formats on request.
