Design and Documentation of Stuart Highway Road Safety Improvements at Armidale, Charles and Westralia Streets

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Department of Logistics and Infrastructure awarded a contract to SCP Consulting Northern Region Pty Ltd for design and documentation work to investigate and develop road safety improvements on the Stuart Highway at the Armidale Street, Charles Street and Westralia Street intersections.

The scope included detailed design for the left-turn at the Stuart Highway / Armidale Street intersection; concept design for a traffic island in the refuge at the Stuart Highway / Charles Street intersection; removal of the third (outbound) lane on the Stuart Highway, and detailed design of traffic islands plus installation of a short pedestrian audio tactile button at the Stuart Highway / Westralia Street intersection; installation of traffic signals with a left-turn arrow to control left-turning traffic from the Stuart Highway into Westralia Street; and an engineering survey covering the corridor from the Stuart Highway / Armidale Street intersection to the Stuart Highway / Westralia Street intersection.