Residents call for speed humps in Kinross Road estate after alarming amount of wildlife hit by cars

Redlands Wildlife Service reported 473 animals hit by a car in the Redlands since the beginning of the year.

Kinross residents are urging motorists to be cautious on the roads, with Redlands Wildlife Service reporting three wallaby deaths in the Thornlands estate since the start of the year.

Rescue Collective animal rescuer and Kinross Estate resident Kristy Atkins said speed was a massive problem.

The young mum is often called out to heartbreaking scenes where wallabies have been left for dead, or a family of ducks killed while crossing the road.

"I respond to a lot of hit and run incidents where the animal or bird has been injured and left on the side of the road. People are careless and they need to slow down," she said.

The speed limit on Kinross Road is 60km/hr.

Ms Atkins said traffic had increased as more families moved into the area and parents used the busy road to drop their children at a daycare centre in the estate.

"Reducing the speed limit won't work... It won't stop people slowing down. We need something physical. We need speed bumps and street lights," she said.

Cr Rowanne McKenzie said Kinross Road was an ongoing source of frustration and safety concern due to the volume of traffic, lack of lighting, footpath or cycle lane.

"I receive requests regularly from residents requesting traffic calming devices, however they are not implemented in isolation to curb speeding," she said.

Cr McKenzie said she had raised safety concerns with council.

"The upgrade is determined by development progressing towards the Boundary Road intersection.

"I have made a request for the installation of LED Wildlife Warning Signs to remind residents to slow down along Kinross Road," she said.

Ms Atkins said wildlife were on the move due to the development in the area.

"There's definitely more animals killed on the roads," she said.

A council spokesperson said council was trialling a number of road mitigation measures to reduce vehicle strikes in several neighbourhoods in the Redlands.

"These trials will guide future mitigation planning on our roads.

"Both temporary and static wildlife aware signage have been installed on Kinross Road, Thornlands," she said.

Council urges motorists to be alert to animal movement on the side of roads and to slow down, especially at night, at dusk and dawn, as the majority of animals hit by cars are nocturnal.