Part 3 – Road Works

3.4    Philosophy for Road Network Design

To improve the living environment, local roads providing property access should be designed to form a network which does not attract external through traffic.  Through their design and layout, local roads should encourage vehicle speeds appropriate to the environment, while providing convenience of access to residents and essential services. 

T-junctions and right to left staggers are preferred to cross intersections particularly for local roads.  Acute-angle and Y-junctions are to be avoided.  Multi-leg intersections may require control by roundabouts. 

Intersections on curves, particularly on the inside of curves, other than large radius curves, should be avoided.

Generally, roads should intersect only with roads in the same class or those immediately above or below in classification.

Other than in specifically designed shared environments, pedestrian, cyclist and vehicular traffic should be separated and areas of potential conflict between pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles should be designed to minimise risk.

The advantages of pedestrian walkways outside of road reserves should be considered.  

The District encourages cycling in accordance with the Urban Design Protocols.  Road networks should provide a convenient and safe cycle access, through a combination of on and off road facilities.  See Section 3.11 for further details.

All landscape planting design and implementation within the road reserve shall be as per Part 7.