If your going to close down Sherwood road, you would be better off routing traffic through Long St to the north. You would need to raise the bridge there which according to my napkin math would cost about $70 million.
Long St is seams to be better suited for through traffic movements especially for heavy vehicles. That bridge was also struck 13 times last year where as I can’t find a single incident of the bridge a Quarry Rd being hit recently.
The problem would then be rail replacement buses accessing Sherwood Station.
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| Crossing | Suburb | Average downtime during morning peak (5am-10am) |
|---|---|---|
| Adams St | DEAGON | 0:49:50 |
| Arbor St | FERNY GROVE | 1:15:11 |
| Barrack Rd | CANNON HILL | 1:12:15 |
| Beams Rd | CARSELDINE | 1:29:09 |
| Beenleigh Rd | KURABY | 1:02:59 |
| Bilsen Rd | GEEBUNG | 1:39:51 |
| Blackwood St | MITCHELTON | 1:02:23 |
| Bone Mill Rd | RUNCORN | 1:12:50 |
| Boundary Rd | COOPERS PLAINS | 1:08:15 |
| Bridge St | COORAN | 0:06:58 |
| Cavendish Rd | COORPAROO | 1:19:31 |
| Curlew St | SANDGATE | 0:35:07 |
| Dawson Pde | GROVELY | 0:58:07 |
| Florence St | WYNNUM CENTRAL | 0:56:31 |
| Glenholm St | MITCHELTON | 1:21:36 |
| Glenora St | WYNNUM | 1:00:14 |
| Holmview Rd | BEENLEIGH | 0:48:15 |
| John St | ROSEWOOD | 0:26:58 |
| Karrabin-Rosewood Rd (Karrabin St) | KARRABIN | 0:28:43 |
| Kennerley St | SANDGATE | 0:46:45 |
| Kianawah Rd | LINDUM | 1:01:48 |
| Mackie Rd | NARANGBA | 0:59:44 |
| McKean St | CABOOLTURE | 0:29:00 |
| Nathan Rd | RUNCORN | 1:37:00 |
| Northgate Rd | NORTHGATE | 1:40:02 |
| Oates Ave | WOODRIDGE | 1:06:33 |
| Osborne Rd | MITCHELTON | 1:14:19 |
| Palm Ave | SHORNCLIFFE | 0:40:17 |
| Pritchard St | LYTTON JUNCTION | 0:06:43 |
| Prospect Rd | GAYTHORNE | 1:13:50 |
| Pumicestone Rd | CABOOLTURE | 0:24:33 |
| Queensport Rd | MURARRIE | 0:59:21 |
| Rowley Rd | BURPENGARY | 0:46:57 |
| Samford Rd | FERNY GROVE | 0:48:19 |
| Sandy Camp Rd | LYTTON JUNCTION | 0:06:45 |
| Sherwood Rd | SHERWOOD | 1:44:31 |
| South Pine Rd | STRATHPINE | 1:50:40 |
| South Pine Rd | ALDERLEY | 0:58:58 |
| Spanns Rd | BEENLEIGH | 1:10:25 |
| St. Vincents Rd | BANYO | 0:36:06 |
| Stanley St East | COORPAROO | 1:06:39 |
| Station Rd | BETHANIA | 0:58:30 |
| Station Rd | MORAYFIELD | 0:47:29 |
| Stones Rd | SUNNYBANK | 1:07:23 |
| Todds Rd | LAWNTON | 1:28:21 |
| Wacol Station Rd | WACOL | 0:58:00 |
| Warrigal Rd | RUNCORN | 1:23:22 |
| Wilston Rd | NEWMARKET | 1:01:03 |
| Wynnum North Rd | WYNNUM NORTH | 1:01:51 |
| Zillman Rd (Kitchener Road) | ASCOT | 0:26:29 |
Source: Queensland Rail
Spreadsheet:
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This is a pointless metric. Who cares how long the gates are down? The thing that matters is how long someone has to wait on average.
As I said earlier, the Sherwood Road crossing is one with a lot of time with the gates down, but cars and pedestrians never have to wait for more than one crossing, so the delay is not that bad, and people in a rush have alternatives in any case.
I don’t think it is pointless otherwise why do they measure it? I agree that it is not the only factor that needs to be considered with assessing the impact of a level crossing closures. Other factors that need to be considered are traffic volume, crossing type, and whether there are other alternative routes. Longer closure times generally indicate a higher risk of accidents.
These are level crossings with longest reported closure times:
|South Pine Rd |STRATHPINE |1.50.40|
|Sherwood Rd |SHERWOOD |1.44.31|
|Northgate Rd |NORTHGATE |1.40.02|
|Bilsen Rd |GEEBUNG |1.39.51|
|Nathan Rd |RUNCORN |1.37.00|
|Beams Rd |CARSELDINE |1.29.09|
|Todds Rd |LAWNTON |1.28.21|
|Warrigal Rd |RUNCORN |1.23.22|
|Glenholm St |MITCHELTON |1.21.36|
|Cavendish Rd |COORPAROO |1.19.31|
|Arbor St |FERNY GROVE |1.15.11|
|Osborne Rd |MITCHELTON |1.14.19|
|Prospect Rd |GAYTHORNE |1.13.50|
|Bone Mill Rd |RUNCORN |1.12.50|
|Barrack Rd |CANNON HILL |1.12.15|
|Spanns Rd |BEENLEIGH |1.10.25|
|Boundary Rd |COOPERS PLAINS |1.08.15|
|Stones Rd |SUNNYBANK |1.07.23|
|Stanley St East |COORPAROO |1.06.39|
|Oates Ave |WOODRIDGE |1.06.33|
|Beenleigh Rd |KURABY |1.02.59|
|Blackwood St |MITCHELTON |1.02.23|
|Wynnum North Rd|WYNNUM NORTH|1.01.51|
|Kianawah Rd |LINDUM |1.01.48|
|Wilston Rd |NEWMARKET |1.01.03|
|Glenora St |WYNNUM |1.00.14|
Am I blind, or is Nudgee Rd, Ascot not on this list?
Doesn’t appear on the published list.
I have worked with government departments enough to know that they measure a lot of pointless things. I can say with confidence that it’s pointless because according to this Sherwood Road is the second worst on the network and I can state categorically as a local that it is just not that big a deal.
How much delay to trains or pedestrians or vehicles is caused?
EDIT: Wanted to add that part of the reason the delay is not that bad is that people avoid it because there are alternatives, so the traffic is not that great. Spending a lot of money on this one would be a waste in my opinion.
Fair enough. I’m guessing the Doomben line, with its 2 tph, wouldn’t be a priority anyway, but Zillman Rd is on it for some reason.
