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Regional road assessment – Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale – August 2021 i Regional road assessment – Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale – August 2021 Prepared by RAA Safety and Infrastructure 08 8202 4517 [email protected] RAA Government and Public Policy [email protected] Disclaimer This report has been prepared by Royal Automobile Association of South Australia Incorporated (RAA) as at August 2021. By receiving this report, you acknowledge the following: • RAA is not responsible for any errors in or omissions from this report, whether arising out of negligence or otherwise. • RAA make no representation or warranty, express or implied that this report is accurate or is sufficient and appropriate for your purposes or contains all information that you may require. You must not rely on the information contained in this Report and RAA is not responsible to you or anyone else for any loss suffered or incurred if you rely on the Report. ii Regional road assessment – Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale – August 2021 Contents Prepared by ii Disclaimer ii Contents iii Executive Summary v RAA’s key recommendations for the Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale vi Index of recommendations viii Mobility and Tourism ................................................................................................... viii Roads and Safety ....................................................................................................... viii Notes ix Notes on crash data ......................................................................................................ix Notes on star ratings .....................................................................................................ix Background 1 Recommendations 3 Recommendation colour scales .................................................................................... 3 Full list of recommendations ......................................................................................... 4 Survey results and analysis 15 Travel behaviours ....................................................................................................... 15 Overall rating of the region .......................................................................................... 16 Road design and maintenance ................................................................................... 18 Driving speeds and speed limits.................................................................................. 21 Driver behaviour ......................................................................................................... 26 Freight ........................................................................................................................ 28 Motorcycling ............................................................................................................... 32 Cycling ........................................................................................................................ 34 Pedestrians ................................................................................................................. 36 Public and community transport .................................................................................. 38 Taxis and rideshare .................................................................................................... 45 iii Regional road assessment – Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale – August 2021 Facilities for tourists and other visitors ........................................................................ 48 Demographics ............................................................................................................. 51 2016-2020 casualty crash statistics 52 General crash statistics ............................................................................................... 52 Motorcycle crashes ..................................................................................................... 54 Cyclist crashes ............................................................................................................ 55 Road investigation details and recommendations 56 General and common issues across the region .......................................................... 56 Victor Harbor Road ..................................................................................................... 60 Main South Road (Aldinga – Cape Jervis) .................................................................. 63 Inman Valley Road ..................................................................................................... 83 Long Valley Road ....................................................................................................... 91 Alexandrina Road ....................................................................................................... 93 Port Elliot Road ......................................................................................................... 106 Goolwa Road ............................................................................................................ 113 Aldinga Road ............................................................................................................ 120 Armstrong Road/Welch Road (Victor Harbor ring route) ........................................... 127 Main Road (McLaren Vale to Willunga) ..................................................................... 135 Kangarilla Road ........................................................................................................ 143 Nangkita Road .......................................................................................................... 148 Encounter Bikeway ................................................................................................... 155 Other roads assessed ............................................................................................... 158 Tourism Assessments 178 Main Street tourism assessments ............................................................................. 178 Specific issues raised in the Fleurieu Peninsula community survey .......................... 199 iv Regional road assessment – Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale – August 2021 Executive Summary RAA has been a trusted advocate in transport and mobility developed over the last 118 years and represents more than 770,000 members. We have also provided South Australians with travel services, ranging from holiday planning and bookings to travel insurance and international driving permits, for over 60 years. This means we have an expert understanding to provide unique insights into services and public policy settings to encourage improved transport, mobility planning and services and tourism infrastructure to help support and benefit our members and the broader South Australian community. RAA aligns its advocacy with the following three principles: • Safe – A safe system that not only achieves, but outperforms, national and international safety benchmarks. It encompasses safe people, using safe vehicles, on safe roads, at safe speeds. • Accessible – To have a cost-efficient, convenient, and reliable network that is accessible and inclusive, as an essential part of personal mobility. • Sustainable - Encompasses the needs of current and future generations, and considers financial, societal and environmental factors. RAA’s Safety and Infrastructure team periodically evaluates the South Australian regional road network based on the concerns of regional RAA members and other regional residents. The methodology used to produce this regional road assessment report involved surveying residents of the Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale region and analysing their feedback prior to undertaking several weeks of field work to assess and review the issues raised. RAA also consulted with local councils to discuss issues raised throughout the community survey. The findings and subsequent recommendations from this field work are presented throughout this report along with a review of open-source crash and traffic volume data. Victor Harbor Road was identified as the most concerning piece of transport infrastructure in the Fleurieu Peninsula Region. This corridor is critical to movement through the Fleurieu Peninsula and is extremely important to both freight and tourism in addition to its thousands of daily users. As such, Victor Harbor Road was reviewed in RAA’s 2021 Victor Harbor Road Highway Assessment1, published in May 2021. In relation to cycle infrastructure, the Encounter Bikeway received the highest level of community feedback, and this was also reviewed as a part of a separate 2021 Encounter Bikeway Assessment report2, published in June 2021. In this report, RAA has outlined a series of recommendations aimed at improving safety in the Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale region now, and into the future. 1 RAA, 2021, Highway Assessment: Victor Harbor Road – May 2021, <www.raa.com.au/roadassessments>. 2 RAA, 2021, Bikeway Assessment: Encounter Bikeway – June 2021, <www.raa.com.au/roadassessments>. v Regional road assessment – Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale – August 2021 RAA’s key recommendations for the Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale vi Regional road assessment – Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale – August 2021 vii Regional road assessment – Fleurieu Peninsula and McLaren Vale – August 2021 Index of recommendations Mobility and Tourism Topic Recommendation Number Encounter Bikeway 18 Flat to Vale Trail 16D On-demand bus service