Extra traffic lights for Cobra Street
A NEW set of traffic lights on Cobra Street next to the RAAF Base development is currently being assessed by the Roads and Maritime Services (RMS).
The lights will form another signalled intersection on Cobra Street, 550 metres east of lights replacing the Fitzroy/cobra Streets roundabout.
The RAAF Base development lights will be part of the main public access road into the residential, industrial, tourist and environmental development.
“The developer and RMS have entered into a Works Authorisation Deed, which indicates RMS have given in-principle approval,” Dubbo Regional Council Infrastructure Strategy and Design manager Stephen Howlett told
“Detailed design has still to be approved by RMS and Council has no involvement in that process or timing for approval and construction,” he said.
The developer is Andorra Developments Pty Ltd.
According to plans drafted by engineering business Premise and presented to Council in the November 11 Infrastructure and Liveability Committee meeting, five large trees growing on Cobra Street adjacent to the development will be removed, if the RMS approves the application.
The removal of the native, water-efficient trees which provide a large canopy will make way for development of roadway and footpath construction.
Eventually a right hand turn out of Palmer onto Cobra will be closed to traffic, and motorists will be directed through the RAAF Base to make the righthand turn at the new signalled intersection.
The RMS is guided by its Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2019-2023 which states that, in major regional cities, it will complete road development projects with “no net loss of tree canopy cover”.
A report commissioned by Council in January this year, called the Dubbo Urban Heat Island Amelioration Project, focussed on trees to mitigate heat and found they provide thermal comfort on hot days.
The final design plans for the extra Cobra Street traffic lights are required to be submitted to Council’s senior traffic engineer for submission to Council’s Local Traffic Committee and subsequent Council approval.
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