We need your help. Black Mountain Road, Kuranda desperately needs speed humps.
Speeding road users include large fully loaded logging trucks, council vehicles and a few neighbours.
Speeding is not appropriate in a residential area.
Residential roads must be safe for all users – including residents, workers and wildlife.
- Citizen safety
- Community concerns
- Noise pollution
- Wildlife harm minimisation (cassowary corridor, regular cassowary sightings, and many other birds and mammals)
We can’t expect the police to monitor this road 24/7. The installation of speed humps is a solution. Any other solutions to address this issue?
Please send your suggestions to open-issues@kurandaregion.org
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Mareeba Shire Council BBQ Kuranda – 5 October 2016
Published on 11 Oct 2016 – video notes below
- Black mountain road speed humps
- June road survey
- 80% of vehicles travelling over speed limit
- Highest speed recorded 95km/h in residential area
- Endangered species cassowaries and tree kangaroos
- Concern for residents walking dogs, children walking, wildlife on roads
- Contacted MSC who replied that it was a police issue – not a council issue
- No white lines on road section
- Trucks doing 80km/h on residential road
- Tom Gilmore says it’s a police matter. Talks about 300mm speed humps in Speewah and how they’re too high. Will be speaking with police about traffic management after event.
- What size do we need on Black Mountain road to slow trucks down?
- MSC vehicles speed on Black Mountain road too.
- Company vehicles that speed on the road: FJF trucks, MSC branded vehicles, contractor vehicles of MSC, HQ Plantations trucks
- Council vehicles have satellite tracking and Tom Gilmore will check council vehicles speed as recorded by community member.
