More business accommodation for Kippax?

enfoldeadgrrl said :

I too think there is no way they’ll every put a through road from Florey Dr to Kippax now, but if we are going to have even more traffic circulating around that area, then we need to improve the roads and intersections.

Yes it would be hard considering how close they have allowed the flats and the club to build. So much for keeping reservations open for the future. It would have been an ideal entry to Kippax.

Thanks for the useful thoughts, #1. I will follow up on some of those.

Although there are not many deaths along here, there are still far too many IMO. And a ridiculous number of accidents, some quite nasty.

I too think there is no way they’ll every put a through road from Florey Dr to Kippax now, but if we are going to have even more traffic circulating around that area, then we need to improve the roads and intersections.

vg said :

I’ll give you a hint, not many

Which is still too many…

Magpies already have the street frontage, and most of the regular members would enjoy a little extra room for their pokies… or dining even… the Club would be mad not to snap it up.

Mulberry said :

in saying this – Kippax is thriving at the moment – best its been in 20 years IMO and I am all for more business, more residential and more growth!

Thanks to the redevelopment of Belconnen Mall I would say. Will be interesting to see what happens when they finish there. Will the customers stay or go back to the Mall?

Grail said :

I can’t see how anyone could sensibly get a driveway in between Magpies and the apartment block. Sure, there is space there for a driveway, but surely you’d want some kind of shopfront.

Depends upon what they use the space for as not everything needs a full sized shop front or for that mater a drive way.

vg said :

With the Macgregor West development there are more and more cars along there every week.

I’ll give you a hint, not many

As a long term resident of the Macgregor/Dunlop area I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments that the Florey Dr and Starke St intersection with Southern Cross Dr area accident hot spots and need fixing up. Ideal place for roundabouts I say as it WILL slow cars coming down the hill.

I was however surprised to see someone talk about the countless deaths at these intersections. While yes there have been two or so in the last few years, overall the number of deaths is quite small compared to the number of accidents.

I dont know how to find out exactly how many deaths, however I can tell you there have been two in the last 6 months.

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Nemo said :

The Florey drive and Starke St intersections and that stretch of Southern Cross Dr are appalling. I’ve lost count of the number of people who have died along there in the last five years.

With the Macgregor West development there are more and more cars along there every week.

I’ll give you a hint, not many

As a one-time resident of the apartments across from Florey Drive there, I reckon I saw about two accidents a week, and two fatalities at that intersection in the two years I was living there. There has been some work, mainly adding the slip lane for people turning right out of Southern Cross Drive into Florey Drive, but that only involved painting lines and didn’t actually improve the slippery surface.

I can’t see how anyone could sensibly get a driveway in between Magpies and the apartment block. Sure, there is space there for a driveway, but surely you’d want some kind of shopfront.

IMHO the block would be better used for a decent sized roundabout to make that intersection a little saner.