Jumping Creek Road Upgrade

Stage 3 of the Jumping Creek Road Upgrade addresses safety concerns raised by the community affecting the section between Yarra and Homestead Roads, including the Wonga Park township.

For the intersections of Jumping Creek Road with Dudley and Yarra Roads, we developed a concept design in consultation with our Community Reference Panel. This design reduces the speed of traffic and improves pedestrian and community safety, as shown below.

Intersection options

We sought the community’s preference on the type of signals needed at the intersection of Jumping Creek Road and Dudley Road.

1. Full intersection signals at the Jumping Creek Road/Dudley Road intersection. All traffic into and out of Dudley Road and pedestrian movements will be controlled with signals.

2. Pedestrian Operated Signals only across Jumping Creek Road. The movements into and out of Dudley Road will be controlled with a Stop sign only. Pedestrians crossing Dudley Road will need to cross when safe to do so, without signals.

We received 88 responses through the online survey, via email and phone.

The majority of the respondents preferred the installation of the full intersection signals at the Jumping Creek Road/Dudley Road intersection.

A breakdown of the survey results is shown on the pie chart below.

The next steps

• a road safety audit

• assessment of the impact on the surrounding vegetation, adjoining properties and service assets, eg. Telstra

• further consultation, as required.

Once the intersection design has been further developed, we will start the concept design for the length of the road between Dudley Road and Homestead Road over the next year.

This will also involve the design for lowering the road crest to the east of Dudley Road to improve sight lines. A footpath along the north side of the road will also be included.

Thanks to everyone who provided their feedback. A project update including the results of the consultation will be available very soon.

Late last year we invited local residents and community to tell us their comments and preferences on a footpath along Jumping Creek Road, between Yarra Road and Homestead Road.

Your feedback showed that the majority of people who responded want to:

• Retain the footpath along the north side of Jumping Creek Road
• Widen the path to 1.5m, rather than constructing a path on the south side of Jumping Creek Road.

Detailed design for Stage 1A is currently being finalised and construction works are scheduled to commence in June 2018. Some traffic disruption is expected during the works, however every effort will be made to ensure that Jumping Creek Road remains open to traffic at all times.

These works will include:

• lowering the road to provide improved sight lines at the crest
• construction of the road including kerb and channel as well as underground drainage
• construction of a gravel pedestrian path along the west side of the road
• installation of guard rail on both sides of the road, as required
• construction of a retaining wall on the east side of the road at the crest
• associated vegetation removal and revegetation works.

The preliminary design for the Stage 1 works has been completed in consultation with the Jumping Creek Road Community Reference Panel. A planning permit application for Stage 1A is due to be submitted in February 2018. This is required for vegetation removal, construction of retaining walls and a pedestrian path along this section of Jumping Creek Road.

Construction of Stage 1 will be undertaken in the following stages:

• Stage 1A (commencing June 2018): Ringwood- Warrandyte Road to Nelson Drive (subject to planning approval)

• Stage 1B (commencing in early 2019): Nelson Drive to the approach of the Jumping Creek Bridge

Staging of the works is necessary to ensure that works affecting traffic are limited to minimise impacts during the fire danger season.

Thanks for your feedback

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the provision of a footpath on Jumping Creek Road between Yarra Road and Homestead Road. The survey closed on Wednesday 15 November.

The options for consideration include:

• The retention of the existing gravel path along the north side of Jumping Creek Road in its current form
• Construction of an asphalt path on the south side of Jumping Creek Road
• The upgrade of the existing gravel path along the north side of the road to a maximum width of 1.5m, subject to vegetation impacts.

The footpath is a key action of the Jumping Creek Road Development Framework that was adopted by Council in late 2016.