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Stop Traffic Lights at Days and Kedron Brook Intersection

Stop Traffic Lights at Days and Kedron Brook Intersection

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Started by Raechelle Finch 8 years, 7 months ago

Petition to Brisbane City Council and Counsillors King and Wines to STOP the installation of signalized intersection at Days Road and Kedron Brook Road, which will affect the livability of the community in which we live, impact the small business community, increase wait time in off peak periods, promote more traffic activity in surrounding streets and increase the volume and speed of traffic.

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Peter Howes
8 years ago Featured

The existing roundabout works well especially during peak traffic times. The removal of the car parking in front of the shops on Days road will make it harder for the businesses there to attract customers. Off peak times will also be impacted with the addition of the new traffic lights by significantly slowing through traffic.

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Stephen Kelsall
8 years ago Featured

The roundabout works fine. We don't need to encourage more traffic into the middle of suburbia. There are 2 large primary schools and 2 Early Child Care Centres within 500m of the proposed intersection.

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Charles Mamet
8 years ago Featured

Council should stop squandering people's money. The roundabout works well and lights would require more maintenance and interrupt traffic flow. Not to mention that power is costing more and more and us, taxpayers, would incur the cost through rates that you will no doubt increase to cover the running cost and the work involved in getting rid of the roundabout and inst. the lights.

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Brad Cowan
8 years ago

Construction is well in hand now. The irony of this; Construction Day 1 (removal of the original roundabout) BCC replaced it with a 'temporary' roundabout. They resealed the whole intersection last weekend and reinstalled the 'temporary' roundabout, again. No temporary lights just the roundabout. Working fine 24/7. The "penny has not dropped" yet???????

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Alison Ford
8 years ago

I drive this way to work and it is a safe, smooth journey. Traffic lights here would cause congestion and unnecessary frustration for drivers

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Alice Corcoran
8 years ago

Not necessary and harmful to local businesses

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Eddie Cavallin
8 years ago

Having to drive through the roundabout each morning and night, it allows the traffic to flow smoothly, therefore see no reason to change. Leave as is!

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Francesco Wolf
8 years ago

They also plan to ban an all parking on Kedron Brook Road and remove the two parking spaces outside the shops on Days Rd and add a bike lane which will have a negative impact on the small business operators on Days Road and Kedron Brook Rd. It also appears that cyclists will be forced to ride head on into traffic as well as other cyclists when they exit Uxbridge St. They will have to turn right onto Days Road and travel down to the lights on the wrong side of the road. Who's to blame if a cyclist is hit by an oncoming car? The cyclist? The driver? Or the council? And for all the residents in Jean Street and Eight Avenue they will be subject to higher volumes of traffic as a new rat run will emerge when motorists try to avoid the lights by weaving their way down Eight Ave through York Street to reconnect with Kedron Brook Rd and avoid the backed up traffic along Kedron Brook Rd and Days Rd. Pedestrian and cyclist safety appears to be high on the council agenda, but in the Council's 2015 Traffic Study of the area shows roundabout was designated a yellow zone with less than 3 traffic incidents or an zero pedestrian incidents. The roundabout was rated a low priority in the study, but cited poor safety. Compare this to all the Red Zones in the area which represent 9 or more traffic incidents. Most traffic light locations in the area represent the Red Zones. For some unexplained reason the roundabout was upgraded to a high priority and the commencement date to start works has been moved forward from 2019 to mid 2018. An alternative to the lights are calming bumps and zebra crossings which could maintain the flow of traffic and address pedestrian and cyclist safety and significantly reduce the planned $4 million budgeted for this project.