Subcouncil resolution details

Subcouncil 7

Agenda item no

07SUB 38/8/2022

Subject

SUBCOUNCIL 7: REMEDIAL ENGINEERING MEASURES PROGRAMME: TRAFFIC CALMING REQUESTS: JUNE/JULY 2022

Meeting date

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Resolution

Noted

Date closed

Monday, September 12, 2022

Resolution detail

RESOLVED
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Ward 105: Vierlanden: Various traffic calming requests were received from Jenna and Grant Newton.

Ruitershoogte & Murray: Request for Stop Street

It was noted that the application was submitted to Transport in terms of their delegation. Transport to investigate and liaise directly with the applicant.

Herta Erna & Murray: Request for traffic calming

That it BE NOTED that traffic calming in terms of the Traffic Calming Policy NOT BE SUPPORTED

Speeding: Between the two stop streets at Herta Erna & Murray and Coetzee

& Murray
That the response pertaining to traffic enforcement Traffic Services as relayed to the applicant by Traffic Services BE NOTED:

Traffic enforcement was done in the area but insufficient prosecution totals vs volumes/time frames to continue was reported

B. Ward 112: Vlei Street, Durbanville (TNDN3547): Request for speed humps received by Anthony Cheney was NOT WARRANTED. The applicant then requested a stop street to be investigated.

Reason for non-support of a speed hump received from Transport (Akhona Maseko)

As per the City of Cape Town’s road network classification hierarchical diagram Vlei Street is a class 5 local Street in a residential neighbourhood.
Our assessment indicates that there are no schools or any public amenities along Vlei Street that have the potential to attract significant volumes of vulnerable road users along the road way, therefore this road does not qualify for traffic calming.
We do acknowledge that some motorists can drive at excessive speeds but speeding alone does not warrant traffic calming. The main focus of the traffic calming policy is to protect vulnerable road users where they are encountered in largest numbers, this is usually at the main entrances of the schools.
Unfortunately traffic calming is not supported along Vlei Street, Durbanville.”

REQUEST : INVESTIGATION TO ALLOW FOR A STOP STREET

It was noted that the request to investigate a stop street was submitted to Transport for investigation in terms of their delegation.

Ward 112: Ward 112: Vissershok Road leading to circle at St Johns Road and St Johns Road leading to the circle at Vissershok Road, Aurora (TNDN3604): Request for speed humps and noise pollution was submitted by Natalie Clarke

That the request for speed humps be noted along Vissershok and St Johns Road leading to the circle at Vissershok Road and NOT BE SUPPORTED for the reasons as indicated below.

Reason for non-support of a speed hump received from Transport (Akhona Maseko)

“City of Cape Town Traffic Calming Policy:

According to Section 7(1) (a), only Class 4 and Class 5 roads are subject to physical traffic calming measures.
Traffic calming measures should first and foremost be provided to protect the most vulnerable road users where they occur in the largest numbers. The roads adjacent to and leading to schools should therefore be the primary focus of the TND traffic calming programme.
According to Section 7(1) (d), Traffic calming measures may be implemented on a Class 5 Local Street in a residential area in the vicinity of public facilities.

Assessment
St Johns Road and Visserhoek Rd are both Class 2 Major Arterials functioning as the primary “mobility” road.

Technical overview
On Minor Arterials (Class 3), Major Arterials (Class 2) and Principal Arterials (Class 1), which have the primary functions of mobility at reasonable speeds, the appropriate means to regulate drivers’ speeds is effective law enforcement. Physical traffic calming measures will not be used to regulate speed on these roads. Traffic calming is therefore not warranted based on section 7(c) within the Traffic Calming Policy. Speed humps are not permissible on Class 2 roads.

RESPONSE BY TRAFFIC SERVICES (Desre Liebenberg)

To note: Sporadic enforcement will be done via Traffic Services.

“Traffic Services checked the above and found the alleged speeding complaint to be of ad-hoc nature / isolated incidents.

There are multiple 3-way stop signs intersections along St Johns, which hamper efforts to do proper speed enforcement.

Vehicles hardly reach speeds up to 80km/h between these intersections.
However, the stretch down Vissershok to Clara Anna Circle is enforceable, but not suitable for speed calming.

I also doubt that speed calming will alleviate noise; in fact, it will increase noise levels, as these vehicles will have to slow down, move over the humps and accelerate to build up speed again.

We can do ad-hoc speed enforcement between the two circles (if there is signage), as there are already a speed camera installed on the North/East side of Vissershok Road.

To control noise levels of vehicles – any time of day – impossible.”

Action: LIESEL MAAKAL (A & B)
DESRE LIEBENBERG (C)

ELMALEEN DU PLESSIS (All)