Traffic volume in Wallsend (2287)

How much traffic flows through Wallsend? The volume card below shows AADT counts from the nearest Transport for NSW monitoring points to Wallsend 2287. Counts above 15,000 vehicles per day on a residential collector road typically indicate meaningful noise and air-quality impacts; counts above 30,000 on an arterial are associated with property price discounts on directly fronting lots.

High traffic volumes on roads bordering or passing through Wallsend have two principal effects on buyers: noise (particularly at night and during morning peak) and air quality (tailpipe particulates and nitrogen dioxide). Properties directly fronting high-volume roads in Newcastle typically trade at a 3 to 8 percent discount to equivalent properties on quieter streets, a discount that is sometimes difficult to recover at resale.

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