Willmott Drive Intersection Upgrades

Willmott Drive update

The City received 59 responses from residents and business owners. Residents living on Wilmott Drive expressed concerns about accessibility to their properties, the crossovers at the proposed roundabouts and the perception of devaluation of their properties. The feedback in general commented that six roundabouts was too many, and there were safety concerns about drivers speeding while navigating these proposed roundabouts.

According to Main Roads Western Australia’s crash data, all six roundabouts are required to reduce the risk of severity of clashes and improve safety. Based on the feedback received, the City will therefore implement these treatments based on priorit with the the total number of roundabouts being implemented, reducing from six to four. The City will then monitor the road for at least three years and make a decision about the other two roundabouts. The two roundabouts that are not proceeding in this financial year are located at the Willmott Drive and Cambridge Drive intersection and the Willmott Drive and Gibbs Road intersection. To view the final design visit Willmott Drive plans.

Roundabouts are safe and effective form of intersection control that can be installed on all the identified intersections of the project. They help to reduce vehicle speed and their safety performance is well proven. Their use in this project is expected to be better than other forms of channelization.

The upgrades selected for Wilmott Drive are intended to discourage regional traffic transiting between Read Street and Ennis Avenue from using Willmott Drive and instead redirect this regional traffic to Rae Road, which has been designed for this purpose.

Your driveway position will not change as a result of this project and we will reconstruct your driveway and reinstate your verge and irrigation at our cost.

You will still be able to access your property during construction and we will have traffic management in place to assist.

All existing pedestrian crossings will be maintained and some of these facilities will be upgraded. 

For Cooloongup Primary School: The existing at grade crossing at the Willmott Drive/Westerly Way intersection and the crossing through the underpass (beneath Willmott Drive) will remain.

There will be off-road bike path facilities for bike riders travelling both ways through these roundabouts. Cyclists wanting to continue travelling on the road can also continue to do so by going to the middle of the approach lane.

All existing street lighting at the affected intersections will be upgraded to Western Power standards.

The roundabouts are likely to include non-irrigated planting and a patterned design.

Traffic counts have been taken before and will be taken again after construction to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatments. Additionally, crash statistics over a number of years will be reviewed.