Mowbray Road Safety Update

Published on 26 February 2025

In recent years a number of measures have been introduced along Mowbray Road in Lane Cove North to help improve road safety.

This includes the installation of guard rails, high friction pavement, speed advisory signs and an electronic speed sign.

In September 2022 more extensive works were undertaken to fix the superelevation of the road in the vicinity of 426-432 Mowbray Road and narrow the lane width to direct the path of traffic.

More recently Council has been investigating options to potentially increase the radius of the bend and/or install a centre island with redirective kerbs.

These two concepts have been discussed with Transport for NSW and Willoughby Council and will hopefully be the subject of a grant funding application in the next quarter.

As part of our ongoing monitoring of safety on Mowbray Road, Council has been reviewing the average speed along the road using the data from the electronic speed sign.

The data shows that 85% of Mowbray Road users travel at 51km/h and while there were four instances where drivers clocked more than 90km/h, overall less than 1% of drivers were in excess of 60km/h.

This information complements the Lane Cove North Speed Reduction project introduced by Council in 2024 which seeks to reduce the average speed in the area.

A number of traffic calming measures have already been installed as part of the project including 17 speed humps and linemarking along 7 streets as part of the move to designate the whole area as 40km/h.

Find out more about the Lane Cove North Speed Reduction project