I can’t help but wonder about Council’s road management team.
Their announcement that the Mullumbimby Road upgrade would take four months, when it only took two, was an avoidable PR disaster that unnecessarily exacerbated community concern about the plan.
The completion of the upgrade is certainly a welcome improvement, but it lacks several important features, such as a merging lane for traffic turning right out of McAuleys Lane and heading uphill toward Uncle Tom’s.
There’s no longer a turning lane for traffic turning left toward Bruns at the Uncle Tom’s intersection, so as soon as a couple of cars are waiting to turn right, which happens often, traffic is blocked and backs up along Mullumbimby Road.
And there is still no roundabout at the Uncle Tom’s intersection, where it is sorely needed. Seems to me these are fairly obvious shortcomings of the upgrade plan that should have been readily recognised and rectified by Council’s road management team.
John Scrivener, Main Arm
• Council’s roundabout grant application was unsuccessful. – letters ed
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