More than $6 million worth of safety improvements have now been completed at the busy intersection of Charles Street, Green Street, Walcott Street and Wanneroo Road and Wiluna Street.

This congestion hotspot is used by an average 28,000 vehicles per day and saw 84 crashes over the five-year period ending December 31 2019. 

Safety and congestion have now been improved at this intersection with the following upgrades now completed:

• Widening of Charles Street to extend right turn pockets southbound into Green Street and northbound into Wiluna Street
• New and improved southbound left turn lanes, from Wanneroo Road to Wiluna Street and from Charles Street to Walcott Street
• Replacement of the right-turn filter movements with dedicated green arrows for vehicles turning right from Charles Street into Walcott Street and into Green Street
• Two new traffic signal mast-arms to improve visibility of the signals, one on Wanneroo Road at Wiluna Street and one on Charles Street at Green Street
• Upgrades to pedestrian crossing facilities