Petition regarding the urgent sealing of Abels Bay Road
To the Commissioner of Huon Valley Council:
We the undersigned, ask that Council urgently seal the road through Abels Bay.
This road is part of a popular tourist route and is one of the loveliest drives in Tasmania and there is now considerable traffic through this road, especially in the summer months.
The residents are exposed to large amounts of toxic road dust each time someone drives through, as the wind is predominantly from the west. This dust covers vegetation, cars, decks, roofs, insides of houses, clogs gutters, browns water, and is a respiratory and health risk.
The gravel road attracts hoons and there have been several accidents and many more near misses.
Sealing the road will alleviate the considerable cost of maintaining the gravel road.
Updates
April 5, 2018
The momentum behind this is undeniable. Council cannot ignore us now.
29 Comments
Clouds of dust, especially when cars regularly spin their wheels, contaminates water going into tanks. Dust can hang in air a long time which means you are breathing it in!
The road is dangerous in the wet and the dry. It's an important piece of emergency and tourism infrastructure. It's been 25 years since the surfacing stopped and the residents deserve better. The residents also pay semi urban rates but recieve no sewerage or water, no bin collection and the road obviously needs work. Difficult to see the value the residents receive from paying urban rates.
This really needs sealing due to the fact that the constant filling of pot holes must be more expensive in the the long run that what it would be to seal the road and it would make it a lot safer, the gravel in places heaps up in summer making the road very dangerous
My wife and I have lived in Abels Bay for close to thirty years all-up, and we have endured the sub-standard condtion of Abels Bay Road for longer than most. As a regular motorist and bicycle rider I feel that I am well qualified to report on the unpleasant nature of driving and riding on the road. Dust is a constant issue, as are potholes that swiftly return after temporary road maintenance is undertaken. Perhaps the most unpleasant aspect of the road is the rivets that also inevitably return after maintenance. Hooning is a problem that I have first-hand knowledge of, given that I have been virtually run off the road on my bicycle by one of the local idiots who came around a corner sideways quite deliberately, while kicking up the greatest cloud of dust I think I've ever witnessed.
We live on this road and have seen many near misses where cars have lost control on our corner and nearly come through our fence.
It should be sealed
Just seal it.
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Petition regarding the urgent sealing of Abels Bay Road
To the Commissioner of Huon Valley Council:
We the undersigned, ask that Council urgently seal the road through Abels Bay.
This road is part of a popular tourist route and is one of the loveliest drives in Tasmania and there is now considerable traffic through this road, especially in the summer months.
The residents are exposed to large amounts of toxic road dust each time someone drives through, as the wind is predominantly from the west. This dust covers vegetation, cars, decks, roofs, insides of houses, clogs gutters, browns water, and is a respiratory and health risk.
The gravel road attracts hoons and there have been several accidents and many more near misses.
Sealing the road will alleviate the considerable cost of maintaining the gravel road.
Updates
April 5, 2018
The momentum behind this is undeniable. Council cannot ignore us now.
29 Comments
The state and construction of the road caused us to immediately rule out getting a house/property anywhere along there, and that was 14 years ago-haven’t seen any real improvement since.
Clouds of dust, especially when cars regularly spin their wheels, contaminates water going into tanks. Dust can hang in air a long time which means you are breathing it in!
The road is dangerous in the wet and the dry. It's an important piece of emergency and tourism infrastructure. It's been 25 years since the surfacing stopped and the residents deserve better. The residents also pay semi urban rates but recieve no sewerage or water, no bin collection and the road obviously needs work. Difficult to see the value the residents receive from paying urban rates.
This really needs sealing due to the fact that the constant filling of pot holes must be more expensive in the the long run that what it would be to seal the road and it would make it a lot safer, the gravel in places heaps up in summer making the road very dangerous
My wife and I have lived in Abels Bay for close to thirty years all-up, and we have endured the sub-standard condtion of Abels Bay Road for longer than most. As a regular motorist and bicycle rider I feel that I am well qualified to report on the unpleasant nature of driving and riding on the road. Dust is a constant issue, as are potholes that swiftly return after temporary road maintenance is undertaken. Perhaps the most unpleasant aspect of the road is the rivets that also inevitably return after maintenance. Hooning is a problem that I have first-hand knowledge of, given that I have been virtually run off the road on my bicycle by one of the local idiots who came around a corner sideways quite deliberately, while kicking up the greatest cloud of dust I think I've ever witnessed.
We live on this road and have seen many near misses where cars have lost control on our corner and nearly come through our fence.
It should be sealed
Just seal it.
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The state and construction of the road caused us to immediately rule out getting a house/property anywhere along there, and that was 14 years ago-haven’t seen any real improvement since.