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Council driving safety push for busy road

Ben SmithCockburn Gazette

THE City of Cockburn will solicit Main Roads WA’s help to tackle a notoriously hazardous intersection of one of the region’s busiest roads.

Council will ask Main Roads to install a ‘Keep Clear’ zone at the North Lake Road and Waverley Road intersection in Coolbellup.

They also committed to installing a second right-turn lane from North Lake Road to Farrington Road, pending State Government approval.

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Main Roads’ WA traffic data indicates the road carries an average of 33,440 vehicles per day, 8.1 per cent of which were heavy vehicles.

In the five-year period to 2018, there were 21 crashes at the intersection, 15 of which involved a vehicle using the right-turn lane.

A council report indicated the majority of the crashes were caused by the T-intersection being obstructed by queuing from vehicles on North Lake Road wanting to turn right into nearby Farrington Road.

In 2015, the City requested a ‘Keep Clear’ zone at the intersection, which Main Roads refused as it did not meet the criteria at the time.

The City had also submitted a black spot funding application for the intersection in the 2019-20 Black Spot Program for the installation of a second right turn lane at North Lake Road and Farrington Road intersection.

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