Mosman Council is already reviewing the traffic calming measures on the Beauty Point rat run due to ineffectiveness

MOSMAN Council has been forced to review the newly-installed traffic calming measures along the Beauty Point rat run after complaints they are ineffective.

The $450,000 traffic calming measures have been installed along the Beauty Point rat run. Road pictured: Pearl Bay Ave. Picture: ELENOR TEDENBORG

MOSMAN Council has been forced to review the newly-installed traffic calming measures along the Beauty Point rat run after complaints they are ineffective.

Both the Daily and the council have received calls from residents complaining that the devices, which came at a cost of $450,000 to the Roads and Maritime Services, have done nothing to slow traffic on the notorious stretch during peak hour.

An interim audit has been completed by traffic engineers and now council are looking at making some improvements.

Most of the devices were installed during the recent school holidays.

“We are looking at increasing the rumble bars on Pearl Bay Ave and installing another chicane,” director of environment and planning Craig Covich said.

“We need to balance the needs of the residents directly affected with creating an effective traffic controlling environment.

“People want these traffic calming measures but they don’t want them outside the front of their house.”

It was hoped the measures would slow traffic during morning peak hour.

Head of the Beauty Point Rat Run Action Group Howard Portrate said the measures were a great idea but the execution “left a lot to be desired”.

“There is only one device that really works and people are still going straight through stop signs, so you would have to rate it pretty poorly,” Mr Portrate said.

“I have to believe the council will do something about it, but really, it should have been done right the first time.”

So-called “rat-runners” are still hooning down the strip, with some residents claiming it has become a racetrack.

Joanne Lingard, who lives on Beauty Point Rd, echoed a similar sentiment.

“Somebody hasn’t done their job properly. The devices they have installed are not where we need them,” Ms Lingard said.

“I know it’s a first-world problem but this is a residential area and the people who are using the rat run are using it as a racetrack. It’s ridiculous.”

Mr Covich said a full safety audit of the measures was still scheduled for the end of the year.

What the residents of Beauty Point really want is for the right-hand turn into Pearl Bay Ave to be closed during morning peak hour.