Local Area Traffic Management Policy

Background

This is Kingston’s first Local Area Traffic Management (LATM) Policy. It sets out how Council will respond to concerns about traffic and road safety in local streets. The policy explains how we assess requests for traffic calming (like speed humps or roundabouts), when we act, and how we involve the community in decision-making.

What’s Changing

Under the new LATM Policy, how we assess and deliver traffic calming measures will be improved. Here’s a summary of what will change if the policy is adopted:

• Defined criteria to assess traffic concerns (e.g. speed, volume, crash history)
• A fair system to prioritise and plan traffic calming projects
• Community consultation built into the process
• More transparency around how and why decisions are made

In short, the LATM Policy will make it clearer how decisions about local traffic changes are made, involve the community at each step, and ensure Council resources are used where they benefit the community most.

Document Library

You can read more details in the Draft Local Area Traffic Management (LATM) Policy, in the Document Library on this page. We encourage you to download and review this document if you’d like a deeper understanding of the technical details and guidelines outlined in the policy.

Have Your Say

We would like to know what you think of the draft Policy. You can provide until 27 April in a number of ways:

• Take our survey below.
• Email: email the enclosed survey to info@kingston.vic.gov.au
• Mail: return the enclosed survey to PO Box 1000, Mentone, VIC 3194

Further Information

For further information please contact Principal Traffic & Transport Engineer Alex Reid on 1300 653 356