Frequently Asked Questions

The North East Road and Nottage Terrace Intersection Upgrade Project will increase the capacity for vehicles turning left onto North East Road form Nottage Terrace, creating an overall improvement of traffic flow for vehicles travelling between Main North Road and North East Road along Nottage Terrace.

At present, the existing single left turn lane on Nottage Terrace approach queues significantly, causing long delays for peak traffic including vehicles heading north-east on North East Road through the intersection.

The primary objective of this project is to address the identified capacity problem at the intersection, and to improve other movements at the intersection to increase safety for all road users.

Based on the volume of vehicles performing the right turns at the North East Road and Nottage Terrace intersection the additional number of vehicles re-routing onto the local network, is considered to be minor and no infrastructure upgrades are considered necessary (in addition to what is proposed as part of this intersection upgrade) to account for the proposed right turn ban from Stephen Terrace in peak periods.

As a comparison to the number of vehicles turning right from Stephen Terrace onto North East Road (68 in the PM peak hour), there are approximately 300 vehicles per hour in the PM peak hour that turn right from Smith Street onto North East Road and about 180 vehicles per hour in the PM peak that turn right from Stephen Terrace to Walkerville Terrace.

A range of options were developed; some of which fit within the existing road reserve and others involved road widening and property acquisition.  To achieve traffic performance benefits, it has been deemed necessary to widen the road on the north western corner of the intersection.

The preferred solution aims to balance factors including traffic performance, safety improvements, project cost and impacts.

Residential property acquisition is required on the north-western quadrant of the intersection to facilitate the road widening. All directly impacted property owners have been contacted by the Department.

The project upgrade is in an existing built-up area and environmental impacts are expected to be minimal. Consideration is always given to limiting the removal of vegetation along project corridors as much as possible.

Opportunities to enhance the visual amenity through vegetation plantings will be investigated, in conjunction with the local Councils, during the detailed design stage of the project and we encourage community input in this area.

The Department’s Road Traffic Noise Guidelines (the Guidelines) set out the process to be followed and criteria to be applied when assessing the road traffic noise impacts of infrastructure projects involving new roads and/or major upgrading of existing roads.

The Department will engage acoustic consultants in the detailed design phase to undertake a noise assessment for the intersection upgrade project.  Results of the assessment will be used to determine what, if any, and where noise mitigation treatments are appropriate.

Please be assured every effort is made by the Department and its construction contractors, to minimise impacts to local residents as much as practically possible.

The design includes upgraded pedestrian crossings and traffic islands within the intersection, including new pedestrian crossing lights and ramps, and a new eastbound bicycle lane on Nottage Terrace on the approach to the intersection.

Cyclist safety has been considered through provision of:

• a bike cut-out for improved safety for cyclists travelling east from Nottage Terrace to Stephen Terrace; and
• a wide footpath on the north-western corner of the intersection to improve the connection between the Bikedirect network of Hawkers Road and D’Erlanger Avenue.