Peachey Belt Landscape Precinct Plan (12367 kb) - City of Playford

4.0 STREETSCAPES4.1 BACKGROUNDThe existing road network within the Peachey Beltconsists of the principal north-south thoroughfares(Peachey Road, Stebonheath Road, and CoventryRoad), and east-west connecting routes (Curtis Road,Davoren Road, Petherton Road, and Womma Road).Minor and major local roads make up the balance ofresidential streets.Typically these streets have overhead powerlines,concrete footpaths on both sides of the road locatedagainst property boundaries, with street trees invarying degrees of health planted in road verges. Theupgrade and renewal of residential precincts providesopportunities to develop fresh new streetscapes byupgrading road and stormwater infrastructure, and byremoving old or dying trees, and replanting with newsemi advanced trees.ARTERIALPeachey RoadCOLLECTORPeachey RoadMINOR COLLECTOR4.2 ROAD HIERARCHYRoadways serve a variety of functions, including theprovision of direct access to properties, pedestrian andbicycle paths, bus routes and catering for through traffi cthat is not related to immediate land uses.Planting of tree species of appropriate scale andlandscaping of road verges can help provide the roadnetwork with improved legibility and visual amenity, andthe provision of bike and pedestrian paths can promotehealthier environments. Opportunities to include watersensitive urban design techniques in road verges shouldbe explored where verge widths are of suffi cient size(refer modifi ed collector road section).Womma RoadLOCALWhitington RoadBarrat StreetBarrat Streetcity of playford august 200827