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Palmwoods residents have shared their ideas for how to solve the hinterland townâs road safety concerns.
Excessive speed, traffic banked up for kilometres, dangerous intersections and illegal U-turns were just some of the issues they have raised. Sunshine Coast Daily s Pave the way for Palmwoods campaign.
The community survey sought to understand residentsâ views on several issues with questions about the regionâs speed limit, what their concerns were and any potential solutions.
There were 72 responses received with 97.2 per cent agreeing there was a definite traffic issue in Palmwoods.
Hereâs what you had to say online.
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Subscriber only A Palmwoods mother who kickstarted a campaign for safer roads in her community says she s fed up with political tactics at play . Jocelyn Anderson started a petition as a last-ditch effort to improve safety in what she says is a life or death situation in the small hinterland town. So far, Ms Anderson s petition has amassed 1198 signatures. The community s concerns over the road safety in the increasingly busy area prompted the Sunshine Coast Daily launch the Pave the way for Palmwoods campaign to fight for urgent safety upgrades. Sunshine Coast Daily s Pave the way for Palmwoods campaign.
An investigation into short-term solutions to solve a hinterland town’s road safety concerns is moving slowly with the State Government confirming it is reviewing speed limits.