Hans Lovejoy
Independent councillor Basil Cameron is proposing at this Thursday’s meeting that councillors adopt a set of Road Access and Safety Principles, ‘to be embedded in all road policy to ensure safe, equitable access for all road users’.
He told
The Echo, ‘Despite a substantial increase of traffic on our rural roads, fundamental safety issues are being ignored.’
One of the many accidents that have taken place on Coolamon Scenic Drive. Photo supplied.
‘Recently a “road safety” audit was undertaken on Coolamon Scenic Drive for “vehicular” traffic only.
‘$2.4 million was spent on infrastructure upgrades as a result of the audit, even though it made the road less safe for walkers, cyclists and in some cases blocked access for residents and services such as rubbish collection and school buses’.