High Pedestrian Activity Area Sub-Program

For an HPAA application to be submitted for review and progress to assessment and prioritisation, it must meet the following eligibility criteria:

1. Applications must be one of the following:
   • A Transport identified pedestrian crash cluster site
   • A site identified by council as a priority for a HPAA within relevant council plans such as council’s Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan (PAMP), council strategic and/or road safety plans
   • An already developed HPAA site that is construction ready
   • An existing HPAA site with additional traffic calming treatments proposed.
2. All applications must be in accordance with the NSW Speed Zoning Standard and must have supporting evidence showing consultation with the relevant Transport for NSW representative/s and in-principle support for a HPAA speed zone to be implemented, extended and/or HPAA speed limit reduced i.e. 40km/h to 30km/h HPAA.
3. All applications must be supported by relevant written evidence of both council and Transport support for the HPAA including but not limited to; Transport support for works proposed on a state road (if applicable), Transport support/in principle acceptance for the implementation of the reduced HPAA speed zone, council support for the implementation of the reduced HPAA speed zone, community engagement showing general support for the HPAA.
4. Applications must have a construction component with development components allowed but ‘development only’ applications are not eligible.
5. Development of the HPAA (if approved for funding) must be completed in year 1 of the subprogram (i.e. by end of financial year 2026/27) including detailed design and community support. This timeframe must be incorporated into the HPAA applications. If the HPAA project is approved, council will be required to provide evidence of development completion by this timeframe and where this is not achieved, construction funding may be handed back to the sub-program.
6. Proactive HPAA applications must be supported by a Safe System Assessment (SSA).
7. HPAA applications for additional traffic calming treatments to enhance the effectiveness of an existing HPAA, must provide relevant evidence showing the need for the additional traffic calming treatments (such as speed data/surveys, justification narrative within the application).
8. Applications must be supported by a risk-based cost estimate that allows the 
   determination of P50 and P90 project contingency (Current or Outturn) and includes itemised costings for proposed treatments, related activities and contingencies. Refer to the ‘Program Criteria 2 –Delivery Risk’ section for further details on whether to include the Current or Outturn cost estimate values in the project application.
9. Applications must include costs for associated Road Safety Audits that are required 
   during project delivery (if the project is approved for funding) as outlined in the NSW Speed Zoning Standard.
10. Proposed treatment/s must not increase or create new road safety risks at the proposed site.
11. Applications must be supported by detailed treatment and crash diagrams that show crash details and proposed treatments throughout the entirety of the proposed site.
12. Works must be confirmed/assured as deliverable to relevant standards.
13. Applications must include all required information and attachments to satisfy all 
    mandatory fields in the Online Portal for an HPAA application to successfully submit from Draft status to Under Review status.