Inland Rail conducting traffic assessments in Wagga Wagga

Inland Rail is preparing a Preferred Infrastructure Report (PIR) as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment and approval process for the project, which requires further traffic assessments to be conducted in Albury, Greater Hume, Lockhart, Wagga Wagga, and Junee.

A few methods of survey will be used in the Wagga Wagga area, including traffic counts, pedestrian counts, and tube survey.

Inland Rail will be installing devices and carrying out surveys between Monday 5th June to Thursday 15th June 2023, this will include traffic count cameras at around 60 locations in Wagga Wagga.

The traffic count cameras will be attached to structures such as light poles and will not be placed within or attached to private property.

The devices are gathering footage for traffic and pedestrian count purposes only. The quality of the vision does not allow recognition of individuals or registration plates.

The data will be captured by Matrix Traffic and Transport Data, transferred to consulting firm WSP for extraction of relevant information, then archived for 12 months prior to permanent deletion.

Pedestrian count surveys will be carried out on Cassidy Parade Pedestrian Bridge, Edmondson Street Bridge and Wagga Wagga Station Pedestrian Bridge. Tube survey – a method of vehicle counting using rubber tubes installed across a road – will also take place on Edmondson Street Bridge.

Andrew Garratt, Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Albury to Parkes, said:

‘Collecting traffic data will ensure we have a good understanding of how the road network operates in the Wagga Wagga area.

‘We thank the community for their understanding while these surveys take place’.

For further information please contact the Community Engagement Team on 1800 732 761, or email: inlandrailnsw@artc.com.au.