Lane Cove North slows down for safety

Published on 08 November 2024

Lane Cove North will soon become a 40km/h zone thanks to the installation of a suite of speed reduction treatments. With the exception of Mowbray Road, Pacific Highway and Epping Road, the treatments will create a safer place for our community, reduce rat-running, and promote walking and cycling. 

Council has received Transport for NSW funding under the Safe Speeds in High Pedestrian Areas program, and will install a number of devices, including 18 speed humps and 8 intersection treatments, in a project that will transform walkability in the Lane Cove North.  Council received positive feedback from a majority of participants in its consultation proposing the changes earlier this year, and has begun installing speed humps in October 2024. 

The below treatments will be completed over the coming months:

• Continuous footpath treatments on Willandra Street, Mindarie Street, Girraween Avenue at the intersection with Mowbray Road;
• Continuous footpath treatments on Elizabeth Parade, Arding Street, Canberra Street at the intersection with Centennial Avenue;
• Speed humps along the local streets outlined in the locality plan;
• Raised pedestrian crossing on Helen Street at Goodlet Reserve;
• 2 metre parking lanes and 3 metre travel lanes on Karilla Avenue between Centennial Avenue and Kurri Street to ensure Karilla Avenue appears narrow to reduce speed;
• A raised pedestrian crossing on Karilla Avenue at its intersection with Centennial Avenue and remove existing pedestrian refuge;
• Rumble strip on Karilla Avenue at the intersection with Kurri Street;
• Pedestrian refuge on Burley Street at the intersection with Pacific Highway;
• Raised pedestrian crossing on all approaches of the Mindarie Street/Kullah Parade/Hatfield Street intersection;
• All associated signage and line markings.