Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify road safety risks
- Assess road safety risks
- Risk sites are investigated to clearly establish conditions and causes of accidents and collisions
- Research is undertaken to collect evidence regarding identified risks
- Identified risks are compared and assessed against legislative requirements, codes of practice, relevant Australian standards and community expectations
- Clear priorities based on a ranking of safety factors are established
- Develop and evaluate options
- Present preferred options to Council
- Council 'approval in principle' is obtained
- Statutory and other relevant authority approvals are obtained in required timeframes with minimal modification to the preferred option
- Opportunities are provided for community consultation to maximise acceptance of preferred option
- Clear, concise documentation is prepared that provides full preliminary cost details
- Options and recommendations, supported by clear rationale, are submitted to Council for endorsement
- Prepare detailed design
- Initial brief and regular, clear communication with design personnel is undertaken
- Implementation timeframes are advised to design personnel to ensure detail design is completed as required
- Design development is monitored to completion to ensure no errors or omissions are made
- A safety design audit is undertaken
- Final detailed cost estimates are accurately prepared