BYRON SHIRE Councillor Jan Hackett has called for traffic light trials to be conducted at the Bayshore Drive/Ewingsdale Road intersection and the Lawson/Jonson Street roundabout.
Jan says, “As we now have increased difficulty seeing traffic leave the town at that point, and the situation constantly becoming worse, trialling traffic lights over the congested summer months to see if they work and gauge community response, seems to me to be a no brainer.
“Despite the expected costs and approvals necessary from the RMS, I believe our long term solutions for traffic movements into and out of Byron Bay would benefit greatly from a timely trial in our peak summer months.
“The longer we debate this issue and put off any test actions, the greater our traffic movements and costings will become.
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“It is unknown when and if we can afford a mini bypass through Butler Street. In the meantime, something has to be done.”
Cr Hackett’s Notice of Motion regarding the proposed traffic light trials will be heard at the next Shire Council meeting on Thursday 23 November.
Traffic lights can no longer be viewed as something that will “wreck Byron Bay”. It’s time.
No traffic lights please! Stop making Byron into a City scape. All the roundabouts are enough.