Castlemaine Primary School Traffic Studies

  • Project typeTraffic safety improvements
  • Project scheduleCompleted
  • Completion Date29 June 2024

There are a number of schools in the residential areas of Castlemaine which draw a significant number of students from the town and surrounding districts. The volume of traffic, including cyclists and pedestrians increases during school pickup and drop off. An analysis of existing traffic conditions was conducted to documentation required to plan for essential safety infrastructure.

Read the final Castlemaine Primary Schools Traffic Studies report(PDF, 15MB).

Project summary

We are focused on improving pedestrian and traffic safety throughout the shire.

As part of this, we undertook traffic studies to identify and assess parking and traffic safety improvements at three primary schools in Castlemaine.

They were: 

  • Castlemaine Primary School
  • Castlemaine North Primary School
  • Winters Flat Primary School. 

Project investigation

Some of the issues that were investigated by the traffic studies include:

  • Delineation between bus zones
  • Car parking and pedestrians movements
  • Traffic calming measures
  • Formalised parking
  • Drop off zones
  • Traffic management plans
  • Effective school crossing points.

Driver behavior is influenced by these factors.

Project aim

The aims of this project included:

  • Analysis and documentation of current pedestrian and cycling activity
  • Analysis and documentation of parking habits around the schools
  • Analysis and documentation of speeding habits around the schools
  • Concept design for managing traffic, speeds and parking around schools
  • Recommendations for associated infrastructure improvements to be made around the schools in response to the issues and road safety concerns identified above
  • Draft community engagement plan to respond to the recommended options
  • Evaluation report

Project funding

This project was funded by the 2021 TAC Local Government Grant Program.

 

 

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