Published on Thursday, 20 November 2025 at 10:35:00 AM
The City of Melville and local community’s push for a lower speed limit on Farrington Road from 200m East of Bibra Drive to Casserly Drive in Leeming has succeeded.
- Work was undertaken to change the signs in early March 2025.
- The speed reduction follows Council’s previous road safety measures on Farrington Road.
The City of Melville and local community’s lobbying has successfully helped reduce the speed limit on the stretch of Farrington Road from 200m east of Bibra Drive to Casserly Drive in Leeming from 70km/h to 60km/h.
Main Roads WA advertised the new speed limit as effective from 5 March 2025.
Improving community safety is a core Council focus and driving the Farrington Road improvements has been a long-running initiative.
This most recent speed reduction comes in the wake of the City’s installation of a speed platform at the exit of Striker Indoor Sports onto Farrington Road in September last year.
It was aimed at alerting motorists to the exit, prompting them to slow down and lookout for pedestrians.
This was part of a broader City of Melville initiative to improve safety along Farrington Road, which included the installation of speed cushions in July 2021 on all approaches to the four roundabouts between Karel Avenue and the Kwinana Freeway ramp, successfully reducing traffic speeds. This also led to Main Roads WA lowering the speed limit between Karel Avenue and the Kwinana Freeway off ramp from 60kmh to 50kmh.
A Council commissioned Road Safety Audit (RSA) late in 2023 identified high volumes of pedestrian traffic during the day.
The City will continue to work with the State Government to secure a Zebra or Puffin crossing outside Leeming Forum in line with community feedback and was pleased to hear about election commitment announcements for a pedestrian crossing at this location.
Comments attributed to City of Melville Mayor Katy Mair:
“The new reduced speed limit Farrington Road between Bibra Drive and Casserly Drive from 70km/h to 60km/h is a great win for community safety and the City of Melville has worked very closely with the local community to achieve this,” said Mayor Mair.
“The safety of all users of Farrington Road — whether in a vehicle, on wheels, or on foot — is the City of Melville’s top priority and the reduction of the speed limit is a great result.”
Source; https://www.melvillecity.com.au/our-city/news/latest-news/2025/march/city-of-melville-community-wins-with-new-lower-spe#
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