Speed Limits
Facts about safer speed limits:
- A proactive approach is to make roads safer for all users instead of waiting for a crash to occur
- Lowering speed limits provides safer roads for all road users and helps reduce vehicle noise for adjacent residential areas.
- Cost to society for an injury crash is approx. $1.5 million (sadly a fatality is $3million)
- Council does not receive any income from speeding fines
- All locations comply with standards and guidelines (Australian Standard and SA Government guidelines on speed limits)
River Road - March 2023
The speed limit has been reduced to 60km/hr (from 80km/hr) on River Road from the junction with Mount Barker Road to the south.
New signage has been installed, so keep a look out for the changed traffic conditions.
This speed limit change is as a result of community concern and Council advocacy to The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) for improved road safety in this urbanised area.
Bald Hills Road/Springs Road
The Department for Infrastructure and Transport have approved Council’s proactive changes to speed limits along sections of Bald Hills Road and Springs Road in Mount Barker.
Initial requests were from local residents to lower the speed limit to address safer pedestrian access to Laratinga Wetland from Springs Rd and children cycling along Springs Road to local school(s).
A new pedestrian crossing is planned to be installed at Springs Rd to provide safe access to Laratinga Wetland.
Speed limits will be lowered from 80 to 60kph on roads surrounding Laratinga Wetland.
- Springs Road (from Bald Hills Rd to Karkoo Ct)
- Bald Hills Road (from Springs Rd to existing 50kph zone adjacent to the golf course) ) with the timing aligning with new trail connections