SINCE the reduced speed limit along Great Northern Highway (GNH), Swan resident Rebecca Kelly says she’s noticed heavier traffic on Oakover Road, especially during peak times.

Mrs Kelly and her family have lived on Oakover Road for 12 years and throughout those years, she’s called on the City of Swan and Main Roads WA (MRWA) to re-evaluate the speed limit along the road.

She said her children were very young when they first moved and she was worried about living on an 80km/h road.

“My main concern was the speed limit because the speed limit is 80km/h but people don’t go 80km/h all the time,” Mrs Kelly said.

“You can bet people travelling up to 100km/h down that road.

“It’s also used for speed strips, people coming and joyriding in their cars and all that sort of stuff.

“So that was my main reason why I rang 12 years ago when I first moved here.”

Although she’s not bothered by the reduced speed limit along GNH, Mrs Kelly said she was confused why MRWA made the change on a major highway, but failed to consider feeder roads such as Oakover and Campersic roads.

“They’re dropping the highway and they won’t drop roads where it’s residentially built up now, where people are reversing out of their driveways and trying to go to work, and with kids,” she said.

“It’s just craziness.”

When Mrs Kelly contacted the city last year, she expressed her troubles with reversing out of her driveway.

“His solution was to reverse into my driveway.”

But she told them this would be difficult to do if there was someone travelling 80km/h behind her.

During her many phone calls with the city, Mrs Kelly has suggested smaller roundabouts at the crossovers, narrowing the roads to create slow points and speed humps near stop signs or give way signs.

She’s also suggested adding footpaths along Oakover Road to prevent people from walking on the road.

“I see a lot of people walking their dogs and riding bikes down Oakover.

“There’s no real safe place to do it because there’s no footpaths.”

A city spokesperson said they were currently working with MRWA to address residents’ concerns with Oakover and Campersic Roads.

“MRWA determines speed zones and the appropriate speed limits on these roads,” the spokesperson said.

MRWA has been contacted for comment.