Road kill numbers were very low throughout the winter but have started to pick up again. So please drive slowly from dusk to dawn during the summer months.

Note: These numbers are based on roadkills that have been noticed by community members and passed on, so they represent a conservative estimate. To help improve accuracy, please keep sending emails about any dead animals you see to Sebastian or post comments on this website.

Please contact Sebastian if you would like a copy of Google Earth file with details of where and when the accidents are occurring.

We must thank everyone who has taken time to persuade Hobart Council to go ahead with the speed humps.

As you all know, Council finally made its decision to go ahead, but there is one last hurdle - the Department of Infrastructure (DIER) requires another round of public consultation.

To make is easier on everyone, we have drafted a collective submission on behalf of our community. Please have a look and let us know if you have any further additions or changes.

Here are the two relevant files:
speed hump submission
waterworks-crash-history

You can make any comments below or email Janine or Chris.

On Monday 14th, local residents Rob vincent, Chris Harries and myself attended a special meeting of the City Services Committee at the Town Hall. We each spoke for a few minutes to the alderman regarding our request for traffic calming in Waterworks Rd. Two residents from Ridgeway community and one Waterworks resident spoke against the proposal.

After some debate by the aldermen, the end result is:

- speed humps will be temporarily installed along the section of Waterworks Road from the reserve to Romilly Street for a six month trial period

- council will do a speed survey of the street prior to installation and at some stage afterwards to measure the effectiveness of the speed humps

- no plans were made to extend the installation of speed humps below Romilly street at this meeting, although these are still on the drawing board.

Only one alderman voted against the amended proposal. 

It seemed the aldermen were persuaded by the large response to their surveys and most importantly because there was such strong community support for traffic calming. 

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