Save level crossing at the T intersection of Great Ryrie St and Bedford Rd in Ringwood.
The Issue
There is a digital petition through change.org by a local Ringwood East resident
It's absolute nonsense, he is petitioning to remove the level crossing which is at a T- intersection junction of Great Ryrie St and Bedford Rd in Ringwood.
Many level crossing across Melbourne are being removed and importance of which will be next has been raised.
I advocated for road safety and initiated for the upgrade of the traffic light and signalling upgrade at this location in 2012 and seen completed (lights switched on) in 2017 through Liberal Goverment funding of a million dollar's.
There was so many lives of resident's driving at risk, taking right hand turn's on Great Ryrie St at T- intersection on a black spot location along Bedford Rd that traffic light's were needed on Great Ryrie Street and signalling had to be altered for the railway crossing on Bedford Road. VIC Road's made change's to allowed speed and road work's adding third pedestrian crossing and traffic light's at Bedford Rd near Ringwood Secondary College. With 3 school's in the precinct, built up traffic during school hour's had driver's making rash decision's causing road and pedestrian accident's.
The campaign was started back in 2012, I wrote then raising dangerous driving condition concern's through Maroondah Leader Newspaper and Maroondah City Council followed this up. Because the council couldn't afford upgrade, a paper petition was run locally and 1000 names added. Support in cabinet allowed Michael Sukkar MP of Deakin to grant funding toward's upgrade if elected 2015. Having been elected 2016 the upgrade took place and year later, the light's switched on.
There is not an affordable or future development alternative to removing this railway level crossing nor is there a way to reduce traffic congestion here.
It has now been operating for 3 year's and with the level crossing signalling in conjunction with the newly installed traffic light upgrade completed the local user's are safer and reassured to be driving loved ones on the road no matter the short delay waiting for a train to pass when boom gates are lowered. So keep the present level crossing in place.
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The Issue
There is a digital petition through change.org by a local Ringwood East resident
It's absolute nonsense, he is petitioning to remove the level crossing which is at a T- intersection junction of Great Ryrie St and Bedford Rd in Ringwood.
Many level crossing across Melbourne are being removed and importance of which will be next has been raised.
I advocated for road safety and initiated for the upgrade of the traffic light and signalling upgrade at this location in 2012 and seen completed (lights switched on) in 2017 through Liberal Goverment funding of a million dollar's.
There was so many lives of resident's driving at risk, taking right hand turn's on Great Ryrie St at T- intersection on a black spot location along Bedford Rd that traffic light's were needed on Great Ryrie Street and signalling had to be altered for the railway crossing on Bedford Road. VIC Road's made change's to allowed speed and road work's adding third pedestrian crossing and traffic light's at Bedford Rd near Ringwood Secondary College. With 3 school's in the precinct, built up traffic during school hour's had driver's making rash decision's causing road and pedestrian accident's.
The campaign was started back in 2012, I wrote then raising dangerous driving condition concern's through Maroondah Leader Newspaper and Maroondah City Council followed this up. Because the council couldn't afford upgrade, a paper petition was run locally and 1000 names added. Support in cabinet allowed Michael Sukkar MP of Deakin to grant funding toward's upgrade if elected 2015. Having been elected 2016 the upgrade took place and year later, the light's switched on.
There is not an affordable or future development alternative to removing this railway level crossing nor is there a way to reduce traffic congestion here.
It has now been operating for 3 year's and with the level crossing signalling in conjunction with the newly installed traffic light upgrade completed the local user's are safer and reassured to be driving loved ones on the road no matter the short delay waiting for a train to pass when boom gates are lowered. So keep the present level crossing in place.
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Petition created on April 11, 2020