A long time local on Coolamon Scenic Drive, near Mullumbimby, is urging motorists to slow down after driver flipped their car and landed down the bank next to his home.
As reported here, Council have promised to re-open Mullumbimby Road by November 24.
Tim Hend told The Echo there it was a nearly a fatality and warned, ‘there is going to be a death’ owing to Council diverting traffic along the dangerous and narrow road owing to their roadworks on Mullumbimby Road.
He said traffic is now very busy past his house and ‘it’s hard to see on the road’.
‘There was no risk assessment on the roads Council diverted traffic to’, he said. ‘There have been no improvements to the road either, and it’s full of potholes’.
‘This road is not meant to carry this much traffic. Council needs to be put on notice’, he added.
Council has been under fire from Mullum residents and the business community over plans to close outbound traffic along the busy Mullumbimby Road, which leads to the highway.
After talks with the business community, Council (mayor Sarah Ndiaye and GM Mark Arnold) agreed to open Saddle Road up as an eastbound road while the works near Uncle Toms is completed. It was initially pegged at four months – over the busiest time of year – yet Council staff say they are ahead of schedule.
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