A traffic light overlaid on a roundabout, at the intersection of Dundas St and Newcastle St

Proposal

Rationale

Lots of people walk and ride through this intersection, including children from nearby Thornbury Kindergarten and Pender’s Grove Primary School.

The current roundabout is dangerous for people walking and riding bikes. There have been crashes caused by car drivers failing to give way to bike riders. In Your Street, Your Say - Group B Stage 1, we heard it can be hard for people walking to cross at this roundabout, and it can feel unsafe because car drivers go too fast.

Replacing this roundabout with traffic lights will improve safety for all road users, and make it easier for people walking to cross Dundas St and Newcastle St. The design will investigate including bike lanes through the intersection to make it safer for people riding bikes.

More safety improvements nearby are proposed in Priority Project 5: Newcastle St between Pender St and Collins St.