❓ The Minister reports a successful trial of temporary traffic treatments on the Mandurah Estuary Bridge during the Easter long weekend, leading to its permanent implementation during peak periods.
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Can the minister report to the House on the result of the temporary traffic treatments put in place on the Mandurah Estuary Bridge over the Easter long weekend? Ms MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for the question. The member has a great interest in ensuring proper transport planning in his area. I am pleased to announce that the trial was very successful. The approach was to use our transport infrastructure much more intelligently rather than simply to throw money at problems. To ease the congestion on the Mandurah bypass over the Easter weekend, traffic lanes on the Mandurah Estuary Bridge were modified to provide two southbound lanes on Easter Thursday and Good Friday. On Easter Monday, we reversed that to provide two northbound traffic lanes for the large volume of traffic that was heading back to Perth. The work done by Main Roads, the local police and the City of Mandurah in putting this together deserves commendation. Mr Kucera: It worked very well. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Minister for Health tells me that it worked extremely well. We used Main Roads’ Sydney coordinated adaptive traffic system to receive traffic volume information at signalised intersections. The information provided at the Leslie Street-Mandurah bypass intersection - the nearest set of signals to the Mandurah bridge - showed that traffic flowed very well on the Easter peak traffic day of Good Friday. In fact, traffic was better managed on that day than it is on a typical Friday. Traffic peaked at 1 900 vehicles an hour at 10.30 am on Good Friday. Notwithstanding that volume, the information we have shows that a good, even flow was maintained. I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. The member has a great interest in ensuring proper transport planning in his area. I am pleased to announce that the trial was very successful. The approach was to use our transport infrastructure much more intelligently rather than simply to throw money at problems. To ease the congestion on the Mandurah bypass over the Easter weekend, traffic lanes on the Mandurah Estuary Bridge were modified to provide two southbound lanes on Easter Thursday and Good Friday. On Easter Monday, we reversed that to provide two northbound traffic lanes for the large volume of traffic that was heading back to Perth. The work done by Main Roads, the local police and the City of Mandurah in putting this together deserves commendation. Mr Kucera: It worked very well. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Minister for Health tells me that it worked extremely well. We used Main Roads’ Sydney coordinated adaptive traffic system to receive traffic volume information at signalised intersections. The information provided at the Leslie Street-Mandurah bypass intersection - the nearest set of signals to the Mandurah bridge - showed that traffic flowed very well on the Easter peak traffic day of Good Friday. In fact, traffic was better managed on that day than it is on a typical Friday. Traffic peaked at 1 900 vehicles an hour at 10.30 am on Good Friday. Notwithstanding that volume, the information we have shows that a good, even flow was maintained. I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
I thank the member for the question. The member has a great interest in ensuring proper transport planning in his area. I am pleased to announce that the trial was very successful. The approach was to use our transport infrastructure much more intelligently rather than simply to throw money at problems. To ease the congestion on the Mandurah bypass over the Easter weekend, traffic lanes on the Mandurah Estuary Bridge were modified to provide two southbound lanes on Easter Thursday and Good Friday. On Easter Monday, we reversed that to provide two northbound traffic lanes for the large volume of traffic that was heading back to Perth. The work done by Main Roads, the local police and the City of Mandurah in putting this together deserves commendation. Mr Kucera: It worked very well. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Minister for Health tells me that it worked extremely well. We used Main Roads’ Sydney coordinated adaptive traffic system to receive traffic volume information at signalised intersections. The information provided at the Leslie Street-Mandurah bypass intersection - the nearest set of signals to the Mandurah bridge - showed that traffic flowed very well on the Easter peak traffic day of Good Friday. In fact, traffic was better managed on that day than it is on a typical Friday. Traffic peaked at 1 900 vehicles an hour at 10.30 am on Good Friday. Notwithstanding that volume, the information we have shows that a good, even flow was maintained. I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
To ease the congestion on the Mandurah bypass over the Easter weekend, traffic lanes on the Mandurah Estuary Bridge were modified to provide two southbound lanes on Easter Thursday and Good Friday. On Easter Monday, we reversed that to provide two northbound traffic lanes for the large volume of traffic that was heading back to Perth. The work done by Main Roads, the local police and the City of Mandurah in putting this together deserves commendation. Mr Kucera: It worked very well. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Minister for Health tells me that it worked extremely well. We used Main Roads’ Sydney coordinated adaptive traffic system to receive traffic volume information at signalised intersections. The information provided at the Leslie Street-Mandurah bypass intersection - the nearest set of signals to the Mandurah bridge - showed that traffic flowed very well on the Easter peak traffic day of Good Friday. In fact, traffic was better managed on that day than it is on a typical Friday. Traffic peaked at 1 900 vehicles an hour at 10.30 am on Good Friday. Notwithstanding that volume, the information we have shows that a good, even flow was maintained. I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
Mr Kucera: It worked very well. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Minister for Health tells me that it worked extremely well. We used Main Roads’ Sydney coordinated adaptive traffic system to receive traffic volume information at signalised intersections. The information provided at the Leslie Street-Mandurah bypass intersection - the nearest set of signals to the Mandurah bridge - showed that traffic flowed very well on the Easter peak traffic day of Good Friday. In fact, traffic was better managed on that day than it is on a typical Friday. Traffic peaked at 1 900 vehicles an hour at 10.30 am on Good Friday. Notwithstanding that volume, the information we have shows that a good, even flow was maintained. I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
Ms MacTIERNAN: The Minister for Health tells me that it worked extremely well. We used Main Roads’ Sydney coordinated adaptive traffic system to receive traffic volume information at signalised intersections. The information provided at the Leslie Street-Mandurah bypass intersection - the nearest set of signals to the Mandurah bridge - showed that traffic flowed very well on the Easter peak traffic day of Good Friday. In fact, traffic was better managed on that day than it is on a typical Friday. Traffic peaked at 1 900 vehicles an hour at 10.30 am on Good Friday. Notwithstanding that volume, the information we have shows that a good, even flow was maintained. I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
Ms MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. The member has a great interest in ensuring proper transport planning in his area. I am pleased to announce that the trial was very successful. The approach was to use our transport infrastructure much more intelligently rather than simply to throw money at problems. To ease the congestion on the Mandurah bypass over the Easter weekend, traffic lanes on the Mandurah Estuary Bridge were modified to provide two southbound lanes on Easter Thursday and Good Friday. On Easter Monday, we reversed that to provide two northbound traffic lanes for the large volume of traffic that was heading back to Perth. The work done by Main Roads, the local police and the City of Mandurah in putting this together deserves commendation. Mr Kucera: It worked very well. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Minister for Health tells me that it worked extremely well. We used Main Roads’ Sydney coordinated adaptive traffic system to receive traffic volume information at signalised intersections. The information provided at the Leslie Street-Mandurah bypass intersection - the nearest set of signals to the Mandurah bridge - showed that traffic flowed very well on the Easter peak traffic day of Good Friday. In fact, traffic was better managed on that day than it is on a typical Friday. Traffic peaked at 1 900 vehicles an hour at 10.30 am on Good Friday. Notwithstanding that volume, the information we have shows that a good, even flow was maintained. I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
I thank the member for the question. The member has a great interest in ensuring proper transport planning in his area. I am pleased to announce that the trial was very successful. The approach was to use our transport infrastructure much more intelligently rather than simply to throw money at problems. To ease the congestion on the Mandurah bypass over the Easter weekend, traffic lanes on the Mandurah Estuary Bridge were modified to provide two southbound lanes on Easter Thursday and Good Friday. On Easter Monday, we reversed that to provide two northbound traffic lanes for the large volume of traffic that was heading back to Perth. The work done by Main Roads, the local police and the City of Mandurah in putting this together deserves commendation. Mr Kucera: It worked very well. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Minister for Health tells me that it worked extremely well. We used Main Roads’ Sydney coordinated adaptive traffic system to receive traffic volume information at signalised intersections. The information provided at the Leslie Street-Mandurah bypass intersection - the nearest set of signals to the Mandurah bridge - showed that traffic flowed very well on the Easter peak traffic day of Good Friday. In fact, traffic was better managed on that day than it is on a typical Friday. Traffic peaked at 1 900 vehicles an hour at 10.30 am on Good Friday. Notwithstanding that volume, the information we have shows that a good, even flow was maintained. I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
To ease the congestion on the Mandurah bypass over the Easter weekend, traffic lanes on the Mandurah Estuary Bridge were modified to provide two southbound lanes on Easter Thursday and Good Friday. On Easter Monday, we reversed that to provide two northbound traffic lanes for the large volume of traffic that was heading back to Perth. The work done by Main Roads, the local police and the City of Mandurah in putting this together deserves commendation. Mr Kucera: It worked very well. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Minister for Health tells me that it worked extremely well. We used Main Roads’ Sydney coordinated adaptive traffic system to receive traffic volume information at signalised intersections. The information provided at the Leslie Street-Mandurah bypass intersection - the nearest set of signals to the Mandurah bridge - showed that traffic flowed very well on the Easter peak traffic day of Good Friday. In fact, traffic was better managed on that day than it is on a typical Friday. Traffic peaked at 1 900 vehicles an hour at 10.30 am on Good Friday. Notwithstanding that volume, the information we have shows that a good, even flow was maintained. I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
Mr Kucera: It worked very well. Ms MacTIERNAN: The Minister for Health tells me that it worked extremely well. We used Main Roads’ Sydney coordinated adaptive traffic system to receive traffic volume information at signalised intersections. The information provided at the Leslie Street-Mandurah bypass intersection - the nearest set of signals to the Mandurah bridge - showed that traffic flowed very well on the Easter peak traffic day of Good Friday. In fact, traffic was better managed on that day than it is on a typical Friday. Traffic peaked at 1 900 vehicles an hour at 10.30 am on Good Friday. Notwithstanding that volume, the information we have shows that a good, even flow was maintained. I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
Ms MacTIERNAN: The Minister for Health tells me that it worked extremely well. We used Main Roads’ Sydney coordinated adaptive traffic system to receive traffic volume information at signalised intersections. The information provided at the Leslie Street-Mandurah bypass intersection - the nearest set of signals to the Mandurah bridge - showed that traffic flowed very well on the Easter peak traffic day of Good Friday. In fact, traffic was better managed on that day than it is on a typical Friday. Traffic peaked at 1 900 vehicles an hour at 10.30 am on Good Friday. Notwithstanding that volume, the information we have shows that a good, even flow was maintained. I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
I am pleased to report that as a result of the success of the temporary third lane system, it will become a permanent feature of the bypass on long weekends and holiday periods.
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