Shaping Yarra Ranges
Council is committed to creating a transport network where everyone can safely move around and get to where they need to be. We are preparing a local area traffic management (LATM) plan for Chirnside Park, and we are currently considering what we heard encourages you to walk or cycle within your local neighbourhood.
Read the Engagement Report for more details.
Our team is now developing concept plans, so follow this project to stay up to be notified when the LATM is drafted.
Chirnside Park is a neighbourhood known for its distinctive charm and its role as a key activity centre in the Yarra Ranges. Fast-paced development over the past decade has enhanced activity and liveliness in the area, but it has also introduced challenges for the local community. An example of this is the safety impacts of more vehicles on local roads and their high travel speeds.
We are investigating how we can address these impacts and make walking and cycling safer for the community, while also planning ahead to make sure we don’t face the same issues as the area continues to grow.
Footpaths and crossings: Many comments emphasised the need for more footpaths and pedestrian crossings particularly on routes to schools, parks, and the shopping centre.
Cycling paths: Suggestions included a bike path or a shared path along Black Springs Road and Switchback Road, as well as cycling route connections to Lilydale.
Speed management: Numerous comments called for speed humps, reduced speed limits, and other traffic calming measures to address speeding vehicles, especially in residential areas and around schools and bus stops.
Dangerous intersections: Several intersections were identified by commenters as hazardous.
Issues with on-street parking, especially near bends and intersections, were frequently raised.
We heard of the need for better pram and wheelchair access, including ramps and smoother transitions between footpaths and roads.
The call for better maintenance of existing footpaths, roads, and public spaces, including addressing issues like potholes and overgrown vegetation.
For more details of each theme, and who we heard from, check out our Engagement Report.
Add markers below to identify issues and opportunities for Chirnside Park traffic management.
The team will be out and about in Chirnside Park while the consultation is open
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Please note that our team is unable to respond to individual comments.
If you'd like to talk to us directly, please contact the Special Engineering Projects team via the details on this page "Contact us". You are also welcome to come and meet with us, when we're out and about in Chirnside Park (see "Come and chat to us" above).
| Current Conditions | Signed speed zones | ||
| Existing footpaths | (all other roads are 50kmh) | |
| Existing roundabouts |
| 40km/h |
| Existing raised intersections |
| 60km/h |
| Existing road humps |
| 70km/h |
| Existing traffic signals |
| 80km/h |
| Issues under investigation | ||
| Proposed projects | Out of scope roads | ||
| Proposed footpaths |
| Managed by Department of Transport and Planning |
| Proposed shared path | ||
| Proposed speed management projects |
LATM focuses on slowing traffic down to reduce the negative impacts of traffic in our communities and improving walking and cycling networks to encourage active travel. LATM can involve making physical changes to the road and its surroundings (e.g. putting speed humps, connecting walking and cycling paths) or implementing new rules to encourage safe behaviours (e.g. pedestrian zones, speed limits).
Pathways designed for pedestrians, typically about 1.5 metres wide. They are commonly found in residential areas, parks, and urban landscapes. Footpaths are essential for promoting safe and convenient walking within communities, connecting residential areas to amenities like schools, parks, and public spaces.
Pathways designed to be shared by multiple user groups for activities such as walking, jogging, and cycling. Shared paths are typically wider than footpaths, ranging from about 2m to 4m.
A type of circular intersection. Instead of simply going through or turning left/right, vehicles travel around a circular central island in a clockwise direction until they reach the road they want to turn onto. Roundabouts improve safety by reducing the number of traffic conflict points and encouraging drivers to enter the intersection slowly and navigate mindfully.
Raised portions of road pavement meant to slow vehicles down. They come in different forms and can be curved bumps on the road, flat-top road humps (also called raised tables or raised platforms), or speed cushions (flat-top humps with cutouts to let bicycles and buses pass freely).
Road humps have line markings to warn drivers to slow down. Raised platforms and speed cushions usually have a different surface material to stand out from the rest of the road.
Similar to raised platforms but cover larger areas to let vehicles to come up fully on the platform (as opposed to humps that only bring up one set of wheels at a time, which results to a jolting motion).
Raised intersections slow vehicles down and also acts as a form of ‘threshold treatment’ to let drivers know that they are entering or leaving a different road environment (for example, from low traffic to higher traffic roads).
Our team will now review all of your feedback to help inform the Chirnside Park Local Traffic Management Plan.
Follow this page to stay up to date as we continue to review and finalise the plan.
Yarra Ranges Council acknowledges the Wurundjeri and other Kulin Nation peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of these lands and waterways. We pay our respects to all Elders, past, present, and emerging, who have been, and always will be, integral to the story of our region. We proudly share custodianship to care for Country together.
