February 2020 Bass Highway Wynyard to Marrawah Month/ Year Corridor Strategy Month/ Year Month/ Year October 2019 Month/ Year Month/ Year Month/ Year Document title 1 Contents List of Figures ........................................................................................................................... iv List of Tables ............................................................................................................................ iv Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms...................................................................................... i Executive Summary .................................................................................................................. 2 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 What is a corridor strategy? ................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Bass Highway – Wynyard to Marrawah ............................................................................................... 5 1.3 Vision for the future .................................................................................................................................. 6 1.4 Corridor objectives ................................................................................................................................... 7 1.5 Reference documents ............................................................................................................................... 7 2. Community Involvement ................................................................................................ 8 2.1 Consultation summary ............................................................................................................................. 8 2.2 Consultation with key stakeholders ...................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Community consultation .......................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Key findings of consultation .................................................................................................................... 8 3. Existing Corridor Role and Demand ........................................................................... 10 3.1 Role and characteristics .........................................................................................................................10 3.2 Population and age demographic .........................................................................................................10 3.2.1 Population .................................................................................................................................................................... 10 3.2.2 Age demographic ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 Land use and zoning ................................................................................................................................11 3.4 Current traffic volumes and heavy vehicle use .................................................................................13 3.5 Industry and economic development ..................................................................................................16 3.6 Public transport and active transport .................................................................................................18 3.6.1 Public transport .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 3.6.2 Active transport ......................................................................................................................................................... 19 4. Current Corridor Performance ................................................................................... 20 Bass Highway – Wynyard to Marrawah Corridor Strategy i 4.1 Road safety ............................................................................................................................................... 20 4.1.1 Existing crash data analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 20 4.1.2 Road safety hazard identification ........................................................................................................................... 25 4.2 Traffic performance ................................................................................................................................ 26 4.2.1 Corridor capacity ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 4.2.2 Overtaking opportunities......................................................................................................................................... 26 4.2.3 Pedestrians and cycling facilities ............................................................................................................................. 27 4.3 Road design and geometry ................................................................................................................... 28 4.3.1 Lane width and road shoulders .............................................................................................................................. 28 4.3.2 Horizontal and vertical geometry .......................................................................................................................... 28 4.3.3 Junctions ....................................................................................................................................................................... 29 4.4 Heavy vehicle rest areas ........................................................................................................................ 29 4.5 Road pavement condition ..................................................................................................................... 30 4.6 Environment and Heritage .................................................................................................................... 30 5. Future Corridor Changes and Transport Demand .................................................... 32 5.1 Population and economic growth ....................................................................................................... 32 5.2 Industry and economic development ................................................................................................. 34 5.2.1 Tourism ........................................................................................................................................................................ 34 5.2.2 Future freight task and heavy vehicle volumes ................................................................................................... 35 5.3 Traffic growth .......................................................................................................................................... 36 5.3.1 General traffic growth .............................................................................................................................................. 36 5.3.2 Future public transport and active transport demand ..................................................................................... 37 5.4 Safety .......................................................................................................................................................... 37 5.4.1 Cross section .............................................................................................................................................................. 37 5.4.2 Horizontal Geometry ............................................................................................................................................... 38 5.4.3 Vertical Geometry ..................................................................................................................................................... 38 5.4.4 Junctions ....................................................................................................................................................................... 39 5.4.5 Cyclists and pedestrians ........................................................................................................................................... 39 5.4.6 Surface condition ....................................................................................................................................................... 40 5.4.7 Recommended safety treatments .......................................................................................................................... 40 5.5 Travel time efficiency and reliability ................................................................................................... 41 5.5.1 Overtaking lanes ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 5.6 Resilience .................................................................................................................................................