Throughout our engagement on the unsealed roads in Lower Bluff residents have raised concerns with speeding drivers and increasing volumes of through traffic.

In December 2021 we received a range of suggestions from residents to address traffic and speed. These suggestions included opening the court bowls on Monaco Avenue and Marina Road to increase entry/exit routes, changing the speed limits within the area, installing slow points or speed humps to restrict through traffic along with closing Cliff Street.

We assessed each of these options and determined that installing slow points and closing Cliff Street were the best options to reduce speeding and excess traffic.

The initial closure will be implemented on a trial basis. After 12mths we will check back with the community to see how the trail went.

If the closure has been a success, we will look to design a more permanent solution that suits the local environment.

We will work with our Parks and Gardens division to select appropriate plants. The garden beds will consist of low-lying shrubs and small plants to ensure sightlines are maintained. The plant selection will be native or indigenous species. Our in-house Park and Gardens team will undertake the necessary maintenance work.

Drivers will need to slow down or come to a stop at the slow points. This will cause additional wear on the road and may increase the likelihood of potholes. If these sections had remained unsealed our maintenance graders would not have been able to rectify any potholes in the vicinity of these locations.

We have no plans to seal the remainder of the roads as the community have indicated this is not the solution they are after.

A kerb and channel style edge will be installed to protect the garden beds. This will ensure the garden is free of damage as both our grader and vehicles pass through these sections of the network.

The kerb and channel will be limited to the garden bed surrounds and there are no plans to install underground drainage.

The following streets are considered part of the Lower Bluff unsealed road network. Streets marked with * are the proposed main spine roads.

Bay View Parade

Beach Road*

Bell Parade*

Cliff Street*

Fairview Street

Henry Crescent*

Marina Road

Monaco Avenue

Ord Street*

Swan Parade*

Sylwen Parade

Wattlehill Grove*

In June 2019 we re-sheeted roads in the Lower Bluff and other areas of the municipality with a gravel blend. The blend is designed to reduce the amount of dust generated, improve water run-off and long term road condition.

Unsealed roads are made up of a mix of gravel, sand, silt and clay. The gravel and sands provide skid resistance and load capacity to the road. Clay provides the glue to hold the road together and silts are the worn down gravel, sand and clay. A balance of gravel, sand, silt and clay is required to produce a long lasting road surface.

Absolutely!

You can call or email us to give your feedback and we'll put it on the online system for you. Alternatively, we can send you a hardcopy form of our online tool which we'll also transfer online.

All feedback needs to be received by Wednesday 22 December 2021 for us to include it as the project progresses.

The gravel blend that was used has a "natural dust suppressant" and is not suitable for an added dust suppressant as this will make the roads slippery in wet conditions.