Transport Lead Strategy
The Mount Barker District Council has prepared a district wide Transport Master Plan. A key objective of the plan is to develop a safe, integrated and efficient transport network that takes into account the current and future needs of the region. Freight movement, public transport, pedestrian and cyclist activity, car parking, traffic growth and connectivity between townships and key public facilities will all be examined as part of the plan development. InfraPlan were engaged to assist in developing the plan with support by Tonkin Engineering and Kath Moore and Associates.
Council adopted the Transport Master Plan at the meeting held on 7 December 2009.
Mount Barker District Council has adopted the Mount Barker Community Plan 2020-2035 to guide growth and development throughout the district and individual towns.
The Community Plan establishes a 15 year horizon for planning, with works to deliver the goals and objectives of Council being regularly reviewed. The Community Plan requires the development of Lead Strategies to identify the specific actions needed to implement the Plan and realise the anticipated growth within the whole of the Mount Barker district.
This document is the Lead Strategy for Mount Barker District’s Transport Lead Strategy. The Lead Stategy will review and update the 2009 Integrated Transport Plan endorsed by Council.
The objective of this Lead Stategy is to ensure our transport infrastructure aligns with growth in the district, enhances the connectivity of our community, encourages active transport, supports the safe & efficient movement of traffic both within the district and between regions, promotes the use of public transport and provides for future technologies in a sustainable way.
This Lead Strategy sets the foundations for how we plan to manage transport in Mount Barker. It will ‘set the tone’ for future transport initiatives and ensures compatibility with the Community Plan and other Lead Strategies being developed by Council. Six core themes have been developed to underpin Council’s vision for Transport.
These themes will be developed to form the basis of future specific action plans. These themes are:
- Road Network Management
- Active Transport
- Road Safety
- Parking
- Public Transport
- Technology and Innovation
Each theme, while related, will be progressed as individual strategic action plans and include discussion on the existing position, guiding principles & strategies, identify issues/ opportunities and guide the prioritisation of Council’s investment in Transport infrastructure and initiatives.
Integrated Transport Plan - Draft Lead Strategy
Further information can be found on the YourSay page. https://yoursay.mountbarker.sa.gov.au/integrate-transport-plan-lead-strategy
Collated Feedback from consultation on ITP
At the Council meeting held on 5 September 2022, the Transport Lead Strategy was adopted.
Council made a written submission to the Select Committee on Public and Active Transport in August 2022.
Submission to the Select Committee on Public and Active Transport