Published on Tuesday, 26 August 2025 at 12:52:00 PM
The City of Melville successfully applied for a speed limit reduction on Farrington Road, between Karel Av and Kwinana Freeway.
In the City’s application, it demonstrated that it had reduced the traffic speeds on the approach to the four roundabouts to 38.5km-51.8km/h (85th percentile) by installing speed cushions in 2021 and highlighted that it has a high place value with:
- a highly populated residential precinct and a shopping/commercial precinct that has direct access to Farrington Road
- on-street parking on both sides of the road
- two guarded school crossings, and
- a large number of pedestrians using the crossing facilities to access Leeming Recreation Centre, Leeming Shopping Forum, playgrounds, parks, bushland, Leeming High school and a child care centre.
The City consulted with residents and road users on the speed limit, receiving240 responses where two-thirds supported a reduction of the speed limit from 60km/h to 50km/h.
The speed limit was reduced to 50km/h including new signs installed in May 2022.
The Road Safety Toolkit[1] states that regulating traffic speed to levels commensurate with the road environment is crucial to the delivery of forgiving roads and has a potential casualty reduction of 25-40%.
[1]https://toolkit.irap.org/safer-road-treatments/speed-management-and-traffic-calming/
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