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40 km/h Speed Limit Status — City of Mitcham Timeline Report

Contents

Executive summary

The City of Mitcham's consideration of a 40 km/h speed limit has evolved over roughly two years, moving from an undeveloped election-advocacy topic in mid-2024 to a series of area-specific traffic studies and a citywide feasibility study by 2025–2026. The proposal has been pursued on at least three parallel tracks: (1) the Cumberland Park/Daw Park/Colonel Light Gardens (west) Local Area Traffic Management (LATM) study, where a 40 km/h trial is Recommendation 1 and has progressed furthest toward implementation; (2) a separate traffic study covering Melrose Park, Clarence Gardens, St Marys and Pasadena, which underwent community consultation in 2025 with mixed results; and (3) a citywide 40 km/h feasibility study commissioned as part of the 2025/26 Annual Business Plan, which by March 2026 had produced a recommended "precinct-by-precinct" implementation option. Throughout, council minutes show repeated instances where councillors moved to explicitly add or expand 40 km/h commitments (e.g., for St Marys and Pasadena) only for those specific amendments to be defeated, even as the broader, less prescriptive engagement processes were endorsed. Community feedback has been mixed, with some residents supporting safety benefits and others — including a formal rates/budget submission in June 2026 — opposing the measure on cost and evidentiary grounds.

The record now runs to 13 October 2026. On 8 September 2026 Council considered the outcomes of the City-wide 40 km/h Speed Limit Feasibility Study (Item 10.3). The report recommended a precinct-by-precinct approach commencing with Precinct 1, starting from 2027/28, and placed the section of Coromandel Parade between Boronia Street and the Council boundary within Precinct 4. The minutes record that, after a variation by Cr McCarthy adding that each precinct will be fully consulted on, and an amendment moved by Cr Hockley and seconded by Cr Kruse adding Coromandel Parade between Boronia Avenue and the City of Mitcham boundary, the Decision 1 motion moved by Cr Greenshields and seconded by Cr Wells was carried on a division. It supports in principle a precinct-by-precinct approach and endorses Precinct 1 and that section of Coromandel Parade as the initial precinct. Council then carried a Decision 2 motion moved by Cr Wells and seconded by Cr Morrison supporting in principle commencement from 2027/28, with funding and resourcing referred to the 2027/28 Annual Business Plan. On 13 October 2026 Council carried a motion moved by Cr Hockley and seconded by Cr Wells that supported bringing forward to 2026/27 the start of detailed assessment for Precinct 1 and Coromandel Parade, endorsed an additional $139,000 ongoing operating budget for traffic engineering capacity, and asked Administration to review how community engagement for those areas can be enabled. These resolutions concern planning, assessment and resourcing; the 8 September motion states that any implementation within a precinct remains subject to detailed assessment, community engagement, DIT approval and Council consideration of the required funding and resources.

Timeline

25 June 2024 — State and Federal Election Priority Projects

At this meeting, Council considered its advocacy list ahead of state and federal elections [1]. A motion (seconded Cr Morrison) proposed that several projects — including "Implementation of the 40 kmph speed limit," Project Peregrine, and the Women's Memorial Playing Fields — be treated as "not sufficiently scoped" and brought back to Council for a decision once more complete advice on benefits and scope was available. This motion, which also included clauses on project resourcing reporting, quarterly review of additional projects, CEO authority for minor changes, and restricting council support to endorsed sporting-club projects, was LOST [1].

After leave was granted for Cr Hockley to speak again, Cr Morrison moved an alternative motion endorsing an initial list of Priority Election Projects. Under this motion's "City Wide Projects" section, "Implementation of reducing the speed on Council roads to 40km/h" was listed as a topic for discussion with candidates (alongside Bushfire Preparedness, Greater Adelaide Freight Bypass, and Grade Separation of Railway Crossings) — not as an endorsed capital project [1]. The excerpt of the minutes does not show a recorded division or "CARRIED"/"LOST" outcome for this second motion, so its final status is not established in the material provided.

13 August 2024 — Winston Avenue and Caulfield Avenue intersection (supporting report, Item 10.1)

A supporting discussion paper for a proposed intersection safety upgrade in Cumberland Park identified 25 crashes at the Winston Avenue/Caulfield Avenue intersection over 2018–2022, including six casualty collisions [2]. Among the proposed measures — no-stopping zones, kerb extensions, threshold treatments, raised intersection treatment — was a proposal to modify the speed limit to 40 km/h on Winston Avenue adjacent to the intersection, justified by alignment with the Movement and Place Framework and Winston Avenue's dual role as a 10,000-vehicles-per-day route and a high-pedestrian-activity main street [2]. This was a proposal within a supporting report, not a recorded council decision.

10 September 2024 — Cumberland Park and Daw Park LATM: draft plan and adjacent-area interventions

Supporting reports for Item 10.4 set out the basis for council's decision. The Cumberland Park/Daw Park/part of Clarence Gardens LATM study area was defined as bounded by Cross Road, Goodwood Road, Daws Road and Winston Avenue [5]. Community engagement (October 2023–January 2024) found over 60% of respondents raised speeding concerns and over 75% raised traffic-volume concerns [5]. The draft plan grouped interventions into "Road Safety-Based," "Traffic Management-Based," and "Interventions Outside the Study Area" categories, with a 40 km/h Area Speed Limit trial for Cumberland Park and Daw Park identified as a road-safety intervention recommended for immediate consideration [5]. A companion options paper recommended that Council (a) support the draft LATM plan — including the 40 km/h trial within the study area — via further community engagement, and (b) develop safety-improvement concepts for adjacent areas (Melrose Park, Clarence Gardens, St Marys) impacted by North-South Corridor works, for community consultation [6].

At the meeting itself, two decisions were put and resolved:

Decision 1 (draft LATM community engagement): Cr Bange moved (seconded Cr Bhagat) that Council note the initial engagement feedback and the LATM technical report, and support further community engagement on the draft LATM plan [3]. Cr Todd moved an amendment (seconded Cr Greenshields) to expand this engagement to explicitly include a proposed trial of 40 km/h in St Marys; this amendment was LOST [3]. After a "question be put" motion (Cr Hockley/Cr McCarthy) carried, the original substantive motion by Cr Bange/Cr Bhagat was put and CARRIED [3].

Decision 2 (interventions outside the study area): Cr Bange moved (seconded Cr Bhagat) that Council develop conceptual options for key interventions in Melrose Park, Clarence Gardens and St Marys, and support a one-off $30,000 operating budget allocation for design works to be considered at Budget Review One [3][4]. Cr Todd moved an amendment (seconded Cr Greenshields) to add Pasadena to the list of areas and to explicitly include "the issue of reducing speed to 40km in Pasadena and St Marys" as an intervention; this amendment was LOST [3][4]. Following a further "question be put" motion (Cr Wells/Cr Morrison, carried), the original substantive motion (Melrose Park, Clarence Gardens and St Marys only, without an explicit 40 km/h clause, plus the $30,000 allocation) was put again and CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY [4].

Thus, at this meeting, explicit motions naming 40 km/h reductions for St Marys and Pasadena were defeated, while the broader engagement and design-funding decisions (which implicitly carried a 40 km/h trial proposal within the original Cumberland Park/Daw Park study area, per the supporting reports) were carried [3][4][5][6].

20 May 2025 — LATM briefing: consultation results and staged implementation plan

A council briefing set out next steps for LATM endorsement, noting a report was planned for July/August 2025 and that implementation was subject to Annual Business Plan 2025/26 funding, with Stage 1 works (2025/26, subject to ABP) including LATM Recommendation 1 — the 40 km/h speed limit reduction — alongside 3-hour parking in the "Repat" precinct and Ormond Avenue truck-access management, while further recommendations (Little St/Eaton St safety, Avenue Rd/Eaton St intersection treatment, a Winston Ave/Richmond Ave pedestrian crossing) were slated for Stage 2 subject to 2026/27 budget [7].

A companion "Plan (Treatments)" briefing detailed the community engagement undertaken from 14 March to 23 April 2025 (letterbox drops to ~2,500 households, 1,745 project-page visitors, 394 survey responses, 15.7% engagement rate) [8]. It confirmed LATM Recommendation 1 as a 40 km/h trial speed limit across Cumberland Park, Daw Park and CLG (West), broken into:

  • Recommendation 1a (Cumberland Park): 177 support, 15 neutral, 144 oppose; administration supported; estimated cost $35,000 [8].
  • Recommendation 1b (Daw Park and CLG West): 177 support, 17 neutral, 143 oppose; administration supported; estimated cost $55,000 [8].

The briefing also noted the separately funded Winston Avenue/Caulfield Avenue project (100% Federal Blackspot Program funding, consulted separately) [8].

3 June 2025 — Community News feedback correspondence

Correspondence to Council (Item 5.1) reproduced a Community News bulletin (May 2025) advertising that, "in response to your concerns about traffic safety," Council was "proposing a 40 km/h speed limit for Melrose Park, Clarence Gardens, Pasadena, and St Marys," with consultation closing Monday 16 June 2025 [9]. The same bulletin advertised the concurrent Annual Business Plan/budget consultation (closing 17 May 2025) and other projects (Treetop Park upgrades, land management grants) [9]. Other correspondence in this item raised unrelated cost-of-living and rates concerns [9].

12 August 2025 — Cumberland Park/Daw Park LATM status and citywide traffic update

An item report confirmed that the draft LATM plan's April 2025 consultation had covered specific treatments including the "40km/hr speed limit change," that community feedback and administration's recommendations were presented in May 2025, and that a final report was scheduled for the September 2025 Council meeting, seeking endorsement for implementation of the proposed treatments [10].

A companion Traffic and Transport Update Report listed, among Priority 1 projects:

  • "Investigation of Possible 40km/h Speed Limit Zones Across City" — a new $60,000 feasibility study to investigate potential citywide implementation, scheduled to commence November/December 2025 [11].
  • Cumberland Park and Daw Park LATM — $250,000 project value, final report scheduled for September 2025 [11].
  • Traffic Study — Melrose Park, Clarence Gardens, St Marys and Pasadena — Stage 1 (investigating the potential to reduce the speed limit to 40 km/h across these suburbs) reported as completed, with the Traffic Engineering team reviewing community feedback; Stage 2 (site-specific safety improvements linked to South Road upgrade impacts) to commence mid-August 2025 [11].

Around the same period, Council's August 2025 Community News financial summary (Operating income) recorded rates income of $74.7 million (86.5% of total income) for 2025/26 and a capital works program including "Traffic Management" and multiple Coromandel Parade sub-projects among many other line items, providing budgetary context for traffic-related works generally [22].

11 November 2025 — LATM recommendations and citywide study administrative comment

An item report reproduced the Cumberland Park and Daw Park LATM Preliminary Study's recommendations table, listing as the top-priority item:

  • Recommendation 1 — Whole Study Area, Daw Park: "Introduce the 40 Area Speed Limit in the study area of Daw Park," citing potential to save lives, reduce accident severity, improve cyclist and pedestrian safety, avoid the need for physical traffic-calming devices, improve neighbourhood amenity, and decrease through traffic; priority rated "within 3 months" [12]. Other recommendations addressed a Winston Avenue pedestrian refuge, Ormond Avenue parking/truck-access controls, and timed parking near the Repatriation General Hospital [12]. (Note: the underlying study document is footer-dated "August 24," while the item itself is dated 11 November 2025 in the record — see Open Questions.)

A separate administrative comment on another item confirmed that Council resolved, as part of its FY 2025/26 Annual Business Plan, to undertake a Citywide 40 km/h Speed Limit Study to assess feasibility, implications and implementation options for lower speed limits across suitable local areas, including analysis of traffic volumes, road hierarchy and safety performance [13]. It further noted that a proposed section of Coromandel Parade (between the council boundary and Boronia Street) would be considered within this study's scope and, if a specific motion before Council were supported, treated as a priority site while remaining consistent with the broader citywide approach. Outcomes of the citywide study were expected to be presented to Council at a workshop in early 2026 [13].

Council's resolution register records, for Item 11.1 of the 11 November 2025 meeting ("Cr Karen Hockley - 40km trial on Coromandel Parade, Coromandel Valley"), a resolution that Administration prioritise the feasibility assessment, along with the other areas already prioritised, for the introduction of a 40 km/h speed limit and associated community engagement on Coromandel Parade between the City of Mitcham Council boundary and Boronia Street, as part of the ongoing Citywide 40 km/h Speed Limit Study, and that Administration report back to Council on the outcomes of that study, including consideration of this location [23]. The register gives the progress as "Outstanding", with both parts "being actioned as part of the study currently underway" and a report due to Council in September 2026; the entry does not state when that progress comment was written [23].

10 February 2026 — Traffic and Transport Update Report

This update reported:

  • Citywide 40 km/h feasibility study: the Traffic team had commenced the study to assess introducing a 40 km/h speed limit on local roads across the city, with an information session scheduled for March 2026 to present outcomes [14].
  • Cumberland Park and Daw Park LATM: the update stated that "Council formally endorsed the LATM Study in November 2026" and that the Traffic team was progressing detailed design for all approved projects, with delivery anticipated by 30 June 2026 [14]. (This November 2026 endorsement date, appearing in a report dated February 2026, is internally inconsistent — see Open Questions.)
  • Winston Avenue/Caulfield Avenue intersection upgrade: $460,000 in Federal Black Spot funding secured; detailed design received, contractor engaged, construction scheduled to commence early April 2026 and complete before June 2026 [14].
  • Other projects noted included the Moving Mitcham Integrated Transport Strategy (final report scheduled February 2026), the new Blackwood Precinct Movement Study (tender closing 9 February 2026), and the Cycling Plan (draft developed, consultation approval pending) [14].

3 March 2026 — 40 km/h Implementation Options briefing

A council briefing presented three delivery options for citywide 40 km/h implementation: Option A — Precinct-by-precinct, marked as the "RECOMMENDED and current progressive approach"; Option B — "Pause the project"; and Option C — City wide (all remaining) [15]. This briefing represents the most recent documented statement of Administration's preferred implementation pathway in the material provided.

12 May 2026 — Current projects underway and consultation feedback reporting

An item report summarising "Current Projects Underway" under the Moving Mitcham Integrated Transport Plan listed, under Focus Area 1 (Road Safety):

  • Speed zone review (local precincts) — "40km/h feasibility study" — Funded [16].
  • 40km/h speed limit trials — "Cumberland Park, Daw Park and CLG West 40km/h trial" — Partially Funded [16].
  • Related items: smart traffic signs for school zones, traffic safety review of school precincts, and a technological "LED Giveway sign" at Caulfield Ave & Winston Ave — all Partially Funded via external (MP) funding [16].
  • Under Focus Area 2 (Cycling & Walking), Coromandel Parade corridor improvements (new cycling crossing and on-street cycle lane between Garnet and Cumming Street) were listed as Partially Funded [16].

The same reporting period included detailed Stage 1 consultation feedback for the Traffic Study — Melrose Park, Clarence Gardens, St Marys and Pasadena, drawn from the "Have your say on a 40km/h speed limit" Your Say Mitcham form, run 29 April – 16 June 2025 and exported 1 May 2026 [20]. Individual responses show mixed sentiment:

  • One respondent opted not to comment on Melrose Park but strongly opposed the Clarence Gardens proposal, arguing a blanket restriction "makes no sense" given the area's no-through roads and existing speed bumps, suggesting the concern (a kindergarten on Dinwoodie Avenue) could be addressed via a school zone or parking controls instead, and stating they would vote against any councillor supporting the submission to government/DIT [20].
  • Another respondent supporting engagement on Melrose Park stated they were "yet to be convinced this will save lives," citing experience of similar measures in other councils simply slowing traffic without benefit [19]; a further respondent declined to provide feedback on Melrose Park at all [18].
  • General free-text feedback included a view that "40 km p h is ok for some streets but not all e.g those [on] major thoroughfares," arguing that a blanket approach "wastes people's time for no reason" [17].

2 June 2026 — Budget/rates submission opposing 40 km/h expenditure

An item report analysing public submissions to Council's budget/rates process recorded "Submission 08," which opposed both proposed rate increase options and specifically criticised the 40 km/h proposals. The submitter argued that Council's own published study data showed "0% accidents and 99% plus of vehicles obeying the speed limit" in the proposed trial areas, questioned the justification for "wholesale reduction of speed limits" given this data, and objected to the cost of signage and installation as adding to ratepayer debt with "a net gain of nothing." The submission urged Council to "show some backbone" rather than follow other councils' adoption of such measures, and was categorised by Administration under the themes "Opposition to 40 km/h side-road speed reductions" and "Traffic management," alongside broader themes of rate restraint, trust/confidence, debt, and cost of living [21].

8 September 2026 — Questions from Mr Andrew Brown on Coromandel Parade (Item 8.1)

The minutes record that Mr Andrew Brown from Coromandel Valley asked two questions under Item 8.1, titled "Mr Andrew Brown, Coromandel Valley - Item 10.3 - City-wide 40km/h Speed Limit Feasibility Study" [24]:

  • What progress council staff had made on item 11.1 of 11 November 2025 regarding making Coromandel Parade a 40km/h speed limit [24].
  • If the staff recommendation for Item 10.3 on that night's agenda were adopted, what the impact would be on prioritising 40km/h on Coromandel Parade, which the question described as "unanimously voted for by Council in November 2025" [24].

The minutes record the same response to both questions from the General Manager Engineering and Horticulture, given "in effect": that there may be some confusion around the interpretation of the Council resolution of 11 November 2025; that staff had "certainly investigated the feasibility of a 40km zone on Coromandel Parade" along with other priorities Council is working on in various LATM projects; that the work had not progressed to the implementation stage, and staff would be seeking Council's direction to do so; and that the options associated with Item 10.3 included options "to give staff direction around the relevant priority of precinct 4 or Coromandel Parade" to progress 40 km/h to the next stage [24].

8 September 2026 — City-wide 40 km/h Speed Limit Feasibility Study (Item 10.3)

The report. The Item 10.3 report stated its purpose as presenting the outcomes of the City-wide 40 km/h Speed Limit Feasibility Study, seeking Council's direction on the preferred approach, timing and resourcing for further expansion of the 40 km/h program on local roads, and outlining the proposed approach to community engagement and other speed limit matters considered as part of the study [25]. Its background section stated that on 18 March 2025 Council resolved that different roads and suburbs can need different speed limits, and that any move to reduce speed limits be done with reference to local conditions and community consultation; that on 11 November 2025 Council endorsed the progression of 40 km/h speed limit implementation across Cumberland Park, Daw Park and Colonel Light Gardens West, and separately resolved that Administration prioritise the feasibility assessment for Coromandel Parade between the City of Mitcham Council boundary and Boronia Street; and that on 12 May 2026 Council resolved (in part) to support in principle a 40 km/h Precinct Speed Limit, subject to Department for Infrastructure and Transport approval, on all local roads across Melrose Park, Clarence Gardens, St Marys and Pasadena [26]. The report gave the program's current status as existing 40 km/h areas in Westbourne Park, Hawthorn, Urrbrae and Blackwood West; Cumberland Park, Daw Park and Colonel Light Gardens West funded for implementation; and Clarence Gardens, Melrose Park, St Marys and Pasadena endorsed in principle but currently unfunded [26].

The report stated that Council had received over 170 customer enquiries and complaints relating to speeding over the past 18 months, that over 1,400 crashes were recorded on Council-managed roads between 2020 and 2024, and that crash density in comparable 50 km/h areas (Kingswood and Netherby) was approximately 51% higher than in existing 40 km/h areas (Hawthorn and Westbourne Park) [27]. It also stated that community feedback received through Council's transport and LATM projects had identified both support for lower speed limits and concerns regarding compliance, signage and potential impacts on travel times [28].

Administration divided the remaining applicable local road network into six precincts with an indicative sequence [29]. The report stated that the precinct boundaries and sequence are not fixed and that the framework does not commit Council to implementing every precinct, progressing them strictly in sequence, or delivering them within a predetermined timeframe [30]. It recommended Precinct 1 (bounded by Cross Road to the north, Belair Road to the west, the hills to the south and the City of Mitcham boundary to the east) as the initial precinct, citing its relationship with existing and planned 40 km/h areas, recent and planned LATM and road safety improvements, the presence of schools and vulnerable road users, and identifiable boundaries [31]. Precinct 4 was described as generally comprising lower-volume local roads where existing vehicle operating speeds are already relatively low [29]. The report placed the section of Coromandel Parade between Boronia Street and the Council boundary "within Precinct 4" and stated that there is merit in reducing its speed limit to 40 km/h, but that doing so in isolation, while the surrounding local roads remain at 50 km/h, would create an inconsistent speed environment; Administration therefore considered it should be progressed as part of the proposed 40 km/h precinct for the surrounding area rather than as an isolated speed limit change [32]. The report also stated that Administration intends to progress 40 km/h limits on Grange Road between Belair Road and Sussex Terrace, and on Winston Avenue between Albert Street and Edward Street, subject to the required assessment and approval process [33][34].

For Decision 1 (approach to city-wide 40 km/h speed limits), the report presented four options [35]:

  • Option 1 (Staff Recommendation): a precinct-by-precinct approach, commencing with Precinct 1 for further expansion [36].
  • Option 2: a precinct-by-precinct approach, with Council to nominate the initial precinct [37].
  • Option 3: a city-wide approach to further expansion across the remaining applicable local road network, rather than progressing individual precincts sequentially [38].
  • Option 4: receive and note the feasibility study and complete existing 40 km/h work only [39].

The report estimated an overall program cost of approximately $650,000 (excluding staff resources), broadly comparable under either approach, with a precinct-by-precinct approach taking approximately three years with approximately 1.0 FTE, and a city-wide approach approximately two years with approximately 1.5 FTE [40].

For Decision 2 (timing, funding and resourcing), subject to Council selecting a Decision 1 option that supports further expansion, the report presented three options [41][42][43][44]:

  • Option 1 (Staff Recommendation): support in principle commencement of the selected precinct of the 40 km/h program from 2027/28, and refer the associated funding and resourcing requirements to the 2027/28 Annual Business Plan process [42].
  • Option 2: commence further expansion during 2026/27, endorsing a $100,000 one-off operating budget to be reflected in the 2026/27 Budget Review 1 [43].
  • Option 3: defer the decision on timing, funding and resourcing [44].

Administration recommended commencing from 2027/28 so that Council's existing 2026/27 traffic and transport commitments could continue to be delivered and the additional resources considered through the 2027/28 Annual Business Plan [40].

Decision 1 at the meeting. The minutes record a motion moved by Cr Greenshields and seconded by Cr Wells that Council [45]:

  • Supports in principle the continued consideration and progressive planning of 40 km/h speed limits on Council's local road network, consistent with the strategic direction of the endorsed Moving Mitcham – Integrated Transport Plan [45].
  • Notes the current status of Council's 40 km/h work: existing 40 km/h areas in Westbourne Park, Hawthorn, Urrbrae and Blackwood West; Cumberland Park, Daw Park and Colonel Light Gardens West "funded for implementation"; and Clarence Gardens, Melrose Park, St Marys and Pasadena "endorsed in principle for 40km/h, but currently unfunded", referred for funding consideration in the 2027/2028 Annual Business Plan and budget [45].
  • Notes that, following the introduction of lowered speed limits on State Government roads around schools, Administration is reviewing Council's local road network surrounding schools to identify locations where speed limits may not provide a consistent speed environment between State and Council managed roads, and that Administration is assessing speed limit changes on portions of Grange Road and Winston Avenue associated with recent upgrades [45].
  • Supports in principle a precinct-by-precinct approach to guide the further assessment, prioritisation and potential implementation of 40 km/h speed limits across the local road network, commencing with Precinct 1 [45].
  • Endorses Precinct 1, bounded by Cross Road to the north, Belair Road to the west, the hills to the south and the City of Mitcham boundary to the east, as the initial precinct for further expansion of the 40 km/h program [45].
  • Notes that any implementation of 40 km/h speed limits within individual precincts will be subject to detailed assessment of local road conditions and network function, community engagement, relevant DIT approval, and Council consideration of the required funding and resources [45].

The minutes record that the Mayor and the mover of the motion disallowed an amendment proposed by Cr McCarthy; they do not state what that amendment proposed [45]. At 8:57 pm, leave was sought and granted to Cr McCarthy, with the consent of the mover and seconder, to vary the motion [45]. The variation added to clauses 3 and 4 the words "Noting that each precinct will be fully consulted on and this will give the local community a capacity to input into any decision on whether it progresses as well as for developing any updated designs" [46]. The varied motion was then recorded as the substantive motion, moved by Cr Greenshields and seconded by Cr Wells [46][47].

Cr Hockley moved an amendment, seconded by Cr Kruse, inserting "and Coromandel Parade between Boronia Avenue and City of Mitcham boundary" into clause 4, so that clause 4 endorses Precinct 1 and that section of Coromandel Parade as the initial precinct for further expansion of the 40 km/h program. The amendment was CARRIED [47].

The substantive motion, now including Coromandel Parade in clause 4 and the consultation wording in clauses 3 and 4, was moved by Cr Greenshields and seconded by Cr Wells [48]. The minutes record that a division was called by Councillor Tilley and that the decision was set aside [48]. The division was recorded as:

  • For the motion: Cr Bhagat, Cr George, Cr Greenshields, Cr Hockley, Cr Kruse, Cr Todd, and Cr Wells [48].
  • Against the motion: Cr McCarthy, Cr Morrison, Cr Moss and Cr Tilley [48].

The Mayor declared the motion CARRIED [48].

Decision 2 at the meeting. After an adjournment from 9:38 pm to 9:49 pm, and under the heading "Subject to Council selecting an option under Decision 1 that supports in principle further expansion of the 40 km/h program beyond Council's existing 40 km/h work", Cr Wells moved, seconded by Cr Morrison, that Council [48][49]:

  • Note that implementation of "Clarence Park, Melrose Park, St Marys and Pasadena" 40km/h speed limits has been referred by Council for funding consideration in the 2027/2028 Annual Business Plan and Budget [49].
  • Supports in principle commencement of precinct 1 and Coromandel Parade between Boronia Avenue and City of Mitcham boundary (as per Decision 1 of the item) of the 40 km/h program from 2027/28 [49].
  • Notes the indicative funding and resourcing requirements associated with the program as outlined in the report [49].
  • Refers the funding and resourcing requirements associated with the delivery approach selected under Decision 1 for consideration as part of Council's 2027/28 Annual Business Plan process [49].

Cr McCarthy moved an amendment, seconded by Cr George, adding to clause 2 the words "Noting that there will be full consultation and this will give the local community a capacity to input into any decision on whether it progresses as well as for developing any updated designs"; the amendment was CARRIED [49]. The substantive motion, including that wording, was moved by Cr Wells, seconded by Cr Morrison, and CARRIED [49].

13 October 2026 — Cr Karen Hockley motion: 40km/h speed limit progression (Item 11.3)

The agenda report for Item 11.3 set out Cr Karen Hockley's notice of intention to move a motion "further to Council's resolutions for Item 10.3 of 8 September 2026" [50]. Its Administration comment stated that at the 8 September 2026 meeting Council supported in principle a precinct-by-precinct approach to the further assessment and potential expansion of 40 km/h speed limits across the local road network, commencing with Precinct 1 and Coromandel Parade between Boronia Avenue and the City of Mitcham boundary, and supported commencement of this work from 2027/28, with funding and resourcing to be considered through the 2027/28 Annual Business Plan process [50]. The comment stated that the proposed motion sought to bring the detailed assessment of Precinct 1 and Coromandel Parade forward into 2026/27, that additional traffic engineering capacity was required to progress the 40 km/h program alongside Council's existing traffic management workload, and that the proposed $139,000 would establish that capacity on an ongoing basis and also help progress other strategic traffic management priorities, including the Moving Mitcham – Integrated Transport Plan, the Cycling Plan and preparation of other 40 km/h precincts [50].

The comment went on to state that, should Council support the motion, Administration would seek to leverage existing recruitment processes, and anticipated that the additional resource would commence in early 2027, enabling detailed assessment work for Precinct 1 and Coromandel Parade to commence during 2026/27 [51]. It stated that community engagement will be required before any recommendation regarding implementation is presented to Council, that the capacity to support it needs to be considered within this broader organisational work program, and that the additional traffic engineering resource would enable technical work to commence independently of the engagement review, while the timing of engagement, and so the overall progression of Precinct 1 and Coromandel Parade, would be informed by that review [51]. It stated that any proposal to implement 40 km/h speed limits would remain subject to detailed technical assessment, community engagement, relevant Department for Infrastructure and Transport requirements and a subsequent decision of Council [51].

The minutes record that Cr Hockley moved, and Cr Wells seconded, that, further to Council's resolutions for Item 10.3 of 8 September 2026, Council [52]:

  • Supports bringing forward to 2026/27 the commencement of the detailed assessment for Precinct 1 (bounded by Cross Road to the north, Belair Road to the west, the hills to the south and the City of Mitcham boundary to the east) and Coromandel Parade between Boronia Avenue and the City of Mitcham boundary, for potential 40 km/h speed limits on the local road network [52].
  • Notes that the community engagement process will provide the local community with the opportunity to inform the detailed assessment and any updated designs, and Council's subsequent consideration of whether and how proposed 40 km/h speed limits within the precinct should progress [52].
  • Endorses an additional $139,000 ongoing operating budget, to be reflected in the next 2026/27 Budget Review, to establish additional traffic engineering capacity to support the assessment and progression of Council's endorsed 40 km/h program and to progress other strategic traffic management priorities across the City, noting that this represents an indicative 0.17% rate impact for 2027/28 [52].
  • Requests Administration review its forward community engagement priorities, capacity and resourcing requirements to determine how to enable the 40 km/h community engagement for Precinct 1 and Coromandel Parade, and advise Council at the earliest opportunity on the proposed engagement approach, the capacity and resources required, any additional budget implications, and the anticipated timing for commencement [52].
  • Notes that the commencement and timing of community engagement for Precinct 1 and Coromandel Parade will be informed by the outcome of that review [52].

The motion was CARRIED [52]. The minutes do not record a division for this item.

Key findings

  • The 40 km/h proposal originated as an unscoped, candidate-discussion topic in the 2024 election priorities process, with an early motion to formally defer a decision on it being LOST on 25 June 2024, and the fate of the subsequent alternative motion not confirmed in the record [1].
  • The Cumberland Park/Daw Park/Colonel Light Gardens (west) 40 km/h trial (LATM Recommendation 1) is the most advanced initiative, moving through community engagement (2024–2025), specific split proposals for Cumberland Park (1a) and Daw Park/CLG West (1b) with associated costs ($35K and $55K), and Stage 1 funding status (partially funded) by May 2026 [5][6][7][8][12][16].
  • Two explicit council motions to extend 40 km/h commitments to St Marys and Pasadena (September 2024) were LOST, even though the underlying, less specific engagement and design-funding motions for those and adjacent areas were carried [3][4].
  • A separate Melrose Park/Clarence Gardens/St Marys/Pasadena traffic study ran its own 40 km/h consultation (April–June 2025), generating mixed community feedback including explicit opposition in Clarence Gardens and ambivalence in Melrose Park [9][17][18][19][20].
  • A citywide 40 km/h feasibility study was formally resolved as part of the FY2025/26 Annual Business Plan, commenced by February 2026, and by March 2026 Administration had recommended a precinct-by-precinct rollout over pausing or full citywide implementation [11][13][14][15].
  • The Winston Avenue/Caulfield Avenue intersection upgrade, which included a proposed 40 km/h modification, has proceeded as a separately funded Black Spot project, with construction scheduled for April–June 2026 [2][8][14].
  • Community and stakeholder sentiment on 40 km/h has remained divided throughout, including formal opposition raised in a June 2026 rates/budget submission citing Council's own data on low crash rates and high compliance in trial areas [21].
  • Coromandel Parade has run as its own thread since November 2025: the resolution register records an 11 November 2025 resolution to prioritise its feasibility assessment within the citywide study [23]; the Item 10.3 report placed its section between Boronia Street and the Council boundary within Precinct 4 and considered it should be progressed with the surrounding precinct rather than in isolation [32]; on 8 September 2026 an amendment moved by Cr Hockley and seconded by Cr Kruse added it to the initial precinct and was CARRIED [47]; and the 13 October 2026 resolution names it alongside Precinct 1 [52].
  • On 8 September 2026, having been presented with four Decision 1 options and three Decision 2 options [35][42][43][44], Council resolved on a division to support in principle a precinct-by-precinct approach, with Precinct 1 and Coromandel Parade between Boronia Avenue and the City of Mitcham boundary as the initial precinct and each precinct to be fully consulted on [48], and resolved to support in principle commencement from 2027/28, with funding and resourcing referred to the 2027/28 Annual Business Plan [49].
  • On 13 October 2026 Council resolved (Cr Hockley, seconded Cr Wells, CARRIED) to support bringing forward to 2026/27 the commencement of the detailed assessment for Precinct 1 and Coromandel Parade, to endorse an additional $139,000 ongoing operating budget for traffic engineering capacity (an indicative 0.17% rate impact for 2027/28), and to request a review of how community engagement for those areas can be enabled [52]; the agenda report anticipated the additional resource commencing in early 2027 [51].

Open questions

  • The record does not show the recorded outcome ("CARRIED" or "LOST") of Cr Morrison's alternative motion at the 25 June 2024 meeting, which listed 40 km/h as a candidate-discussion topic [1].
  • No minutes are included from the September 2025 Council meeting at which the Cumberland Park/Daw Park LATM final report was scheduled to seek endorsement for implementation [10][11] — it is not confirmed whether or how the 40 km/h trial was formally adopted at that meeting. The 8 September 2026 Item 10.3 report states that Council endorsed the progression of 40 km/h speed limit implementation across Cumberland Park, Daw Park and Colonel Light Gardens West at its meeting on 11 November 2025 [26]; the minutes of that decision are not in the material.
  • The 10 February 2026 Traffic and Transport Update Report states Council "formally endorsed the LATM Study in November 2026" — a date that postdates the report itself; this appears to be an error (possibly intended as November 2025), but the source material does not clarify or correct it [14].
  • The underlying Cumberland Park/Daw Park LATM Preliminary Study recommendations reproduced in the 11 November 2025 item report are footer-dated "August 24," creating ambiguity about whether this reflects a 2024 study reissued in a later report or a dating error [12].
  • The 8 September 2026 Item 10.3 report states that at its 12 May 2026 meeting Council resolved (in part) to support in principle a 40 km/h Precinct Speed Limit, subject to Department for Infrastructure and Transport approval, on all local roads across Melrose Park, Clarence Gardens, St Marys and Pasadena [26]. The 12 May 2026 material in this record is consultation reporting only [17][18][19][20]; the minutes recording that resolution are not in the material.
  • It is unclear from the material how the June 2026 budget submission opposing 40 km/h expenditure [21] was formally responded to or whether it affected the implementation timeline or funding decisions.
  • The resolution register, the 11 November 2025 administrative comment and the Item 10.3 report describe the Coromandel Parade section as running to Boronia Street [13][23][32], while the 8 September and 13 October 2026 minutes say Boronia Avenue [47][52]; the sources do not reconcile the two names.
  • Decision 2 Options 1 and 2 in the report and the Decision 2 resolution of 8 September 2026 refer to "Clarence Park, Melrose Park, St Marys and Pasadena" [42][43][49], while the Decision 1 resolution and the report's background name Clarence Gardens [45][26]; the record does not say which suburb was intended.
  • The record does not yet show the $139,000 being reflected in the 2026/27 Budget Review, or Administration's advice following the community engagement review requested on 13 October 2026 [52].

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