First Ave, St Peters: 40km/h limit would stop Payneham Rd rat-running, residents say
Motorists have turned this St Peters street into a rat-running nightmare, a petition claims, as residents call on the council to partly close their road and drop the speed limit to 40km/h.
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Rat-running motorists are ruining a St Peters street, a petition claims, as residents call for part of the road to be closed and speed limits dropped.
Traffic should be slashed by 80 per cent and parking restricted during working hours on First Avenue, residents say.
A total of 96 people have signed a petition to Norwood, Payneham and St Peters Council requesting the restrictions be placed on the street, which runs parallel to Payneham Road.
According to the petition, by Brendan Warn and Roger McCarron, both of St Peters, the 2km residential street has turned into a “rat running” nightmare, with nonresidents using it to avoid traffic and lights on Payneham Rd.
It is also being used as an “all day parking lot” by construction workers and people catching buses into the city, it said.
The petition also claims navigation apps, including Google Maps, are deliberately directing people down First Ave to avoid busy roads.
It requests the council install a roadblock at the intersection of Lambert Road, effectively cutting it off for anyone other than residents.
It also calls for speed limits to be cut to 40km/h in College Park, St Peters, Joslin and Royston Park because speeds more than 40km/h are “unnecessary, noisy and dangerous”.
Parking time limits of three hours should also be introduced along First Avenue, the petition says.
“The high traffic volume and speeds along First Avenue is decreasing the avenue’s amenity, … resident and child safety and reducing the avenue’s property and heritage value,” the petition said.
Norwood, Payneham & St Peters Council has agreed to investigate the parking the issues.
The traffic concerns will be referred to the council’s Traffic Management & Road Safety Committee.
St Peters ward councillor Kester Moorhouse has been contacted for comment.