SEEING RED

Curlewis residents demand action on dangerous intersection

CURLEWIS residents are campaigning for traffic lights to be installed at a “difficult and treacherous” intersection they face on a daily basis.

The residents say several accidents have already occurred at the intersection of Portarlington and Hermsley roads, and that it is only a matter of time before someone dies.

About 40 locals met at the intersection last week to share their personal accounts and frustrations, which were forwarded onto Bellarine MP Lisa Neville.

“The confusion as to who has right of way at the intersection is caused by the fact there are a possible 14 different options that cars can travel through the intersection,” one resident said.

When residents raised their concerns with Ms Neville back in 2006, VicRoads installed lights at the rail trail just east of the intersection and installed a light sensor pad in Hermsley Road.

But residents say the pedestrian lights are of little to no use because they’re rarely used, and do nothing to stop the flow of traffic coming from Geelong.

Wth the further development of new housing estates on the Bellarine, the location of the pedestrian lights is also no longer relevant to the volume of traffic that now uses the intersection.

For more, click here.