A proposal to install traffic lights on Ewingsdale Road – at what councillors described as a location ‘from nowhere to nowhere’ – has been overwhelmingly rejected, with calls instead for a long-overdue masterplan for the increasingly congested corridor.

A range of concerns have been raised from filling wetlands to proposed four lanes for Ewingsdale Road as part of the planning proposal before Byron Shire Council this week for 268 Ewingsdale Road, the former Sunnybrand/Ingham chicken site.

Anyone planning to travel to or from Byron Bay this afternoon is advised to check online traffic advice first owing to a crash on Ewingsdale Road.

A 26-year-old woman has survived a hit and run in Byron Bay over the weekend.

Land clearing has begun on one of the West Byron land parcels on Ewingsdale Road, owned by Tower Holdings.

Answers to questions raised by Cr Basil Cameron regarding a secret meeting and a $78m funding application by staff to a federal agency to upgrade the M1 highway interchange at Byron Bay have been answered by Council’s Director Infrastructure Services, Phil Holloway.

The enduring sight of Cape Byron Lighthouse will be replicated in a bespoke artwork on the new roundabout taking shape on Ewingsdale Rd, highlighting the main entrance to Byron Bay.

A large medical centre on the corner of McGettigans Lane and Ewingsdale Road has been approved by the Joint Regional Planning panel.

Ewingsdale Road traffic is banked up as far as the Cavanbah Sports and Cultural Centre as Byron Shire Council workers bring down two massive old Norfolk Pines trees on Shirley Street, Byron Bay.

If you thought that being trapped in traffic in Byron’s Ewingsdale Road was about as bad as it could get, think again. It’s about to get a whole lot worse.