Green light for pedestrians

The Sunshine Coast’s first set of signals with ‘double the smarts’ has created a new benchmark for the future of pedestrian crossings.

The traffic signals have two pedestrian sensors – one on the pedestrian waiting area which cancels the call if the pedestrian moves out of the red square.

The second sensor ensures the crossing phase remains active until pedestrians are clear of the roadway.

Sunshine Coast Division 6 Councillor Christian Dickson was pleased to see the region’s first set of smart signals activated in Sippy Downs.  

There’s never been a safer time to cross Sippy Downs Drive until now, connecting the residential with the health and education precincts,” Cr Dickson said.

“The upgrade was an important response to improve our community’s confidence and safety crossing a 60 km/h multi lane road by upgrading the standard crossing which uses state of the art technology.

“This project signals a green light for rolling out more smart signals across our region.”

The same technology has also been installed at Beerburrum Street in Aroona.

Council looks forward to keeping our community informed as new smart signal projects are initiated.