Response to Further Advice - Road Safety Audit Report 22BRT0122 RSA_2_250722 · OPW25/0042

  2 Background for this RSA
  2.1 Scope of Audit
  The audited area covers the following Noosa Shire Council controlled road intersections:

  •     Grant Street / Banksia Avenue

  •     Serenity Close / Banksia Avenue

  In addition to a review of the local road network defined audit area.

  The location of this intersection is shown in Figure 1.1 and Figure 1.2.

  This report summarises the possible road safety issues which have been identified by the audit team within
  the audit area, using a combination of on-site investigations and a review of drawings and background
  material. Recommendations for potential remedial treatments have been made in response to each safety
  issue that has been identified as part of this audit process.

  The audit team notes that no guarantee is made that every potential road safety issue within the audit area
  has been identified. Further, if all recommendations in this report were to be followed, this would not
  guarantee that the study area is ‘safe’. Rather, adoption of the recommendations to treat the road safety
  issues identified should improve the overall level of safety for the roads in question.



  2.2 Responding to this Audit Report
  As noted in Austroads GRS Part 6, the client team (i.e. designer/project manager/road authority) is
  responsible for considering the findings of this RSA and deciding on the most appropriate response. The
  client team is under no obligation to accept all the recommendations detailed in this report. Also, it is not
  the role of the audit team to agree or approve the client team’s response to the audit.

  Rather, the RSA process provides the opportunity for the audit team (which includes independent and
  appropriate qualified/experienced persons) to identify potential road safety issues that may not have been
  apparent to the client team. This in turn allows the client team to consider actions to improve overall road
  safety of a road/design whilst weighing up all other relevant matters (i.e. cost, time, constraints, perceived
  benefit). In the case of a design stage audit, an action may include a design change to a certain element to
  resolve the issue. In the case of an existing road stage audit, this may include planning or scheduling
  proactive/reactive road improvements to resolve the issue.

  This audit report should be responded to in writing by the client team. If any recommendations in this report
  are rejected by the client team, then in each case reasons for this rejection should be included in the written
  response. Acceptance of a recommendation may require no further comment, but an explanation of how or
  when the action will be taken may be useful and should be provided where possible. To assist the client
  team with this process, the table of findings and recommendations contains an area for a formal response.


Site: Serenity Close Noosa Heads – Thematic RSA Report
Reference: 22BRT0122 RP01_2_RSA