Hiking Mount Taylor in the next three months? You'll need another place to park

Ben Doble you know stop start traffic at less than 50kph is better for an electric car right? Allows for regen of the battery during stopping/slowing. But hey I bet you drive a diesel ute paying $2.50 a litre 😂

Rich ‘olmes i know which vehicle I’d rather own, one that actually holds it’s value.

Anna Finnigan There are two reasons the ACT government wants cars to stop at all the lights. Firstly it makes the tram look better and secondly it makes the cars use more petrol.

Timothy Mott maybe do them when they are needed, not just before an election would be a start. It was a crappy intersection just after the last election and for the last 4 years as well.

Janine Hayes the planning has been on going for a while now? Do you want them to rush the job and get it wrong?? Or actually listen to community feedback and get it right?

Timothy Mott Respect that you work at the legislative assembly so thus feel this matter personally, but there are upgrades that need doing, and upgrades that don’t. Sulwood needs resurfacing and should be duplicated. It is now going to be slower to travel on Sulwood, and the lights will only cause congestion, all because a few people aren’t competent drivers. Have grown up in this pulled out of that intersection countless times without issue, we shouldn’t be modifying roads to accommodate incompetence. It’s a major road that links Erindale Drive to the Parkway, it needs to be better. A roundabout would have made more sense.

If you think people listen to community feedback, then you’ve got another thing coming. The politicians will take a bias to their feedback regardless.

It’s 2024, we should be modifying for the future, and not accommodating the past.

Timothy Mott they listen to feedback? Since when? I have seen instances where the feedback period has closed before people knew it was happening.

Timothy Mott I feel your pain but the fact is this road needed to be upgraded more for the last 30 years. It’s one of the few east/west roads in tuggeranong. It carries commuters, heavy goods, and recreational traffic.
The surface is bad and always has been.
And now as a nod to fixing it, it gets partially closed and traffic lights? It’s not going to put a smile on anyone’s face.

Janine Hayes That is unfortunate, and hopefully more advertising and awareness can be done in the future to help reach people regarding feedback. In this instance the survey team did do social media, letterboxing, pop-up stalls and online surveys in order to guide the feedback. They also responded to any concerns raised by people.

Luke Juratowitch Yeah some people did mention that a roundabout would be their preferred option, the response to the feedback did also say that a roundabout would be a complicated treatment for this intersection based on the speed of vehicles and the requirements for pedestrian and other active-travel methods at that spot.

Timothy Mott the right upgrade

Timothy Mott so since you clearly have connections, some advice on an ETA to fix Cotter Rd would be appreciated. Half the road has been blocked off just north of the tracking station for over 2 years now. At first there were traffic lights but they were removed for give way signs. The roadwork signs have been there over 2 years and no work done. Are they seeking feedback or doing a feasibility study or 6 before the work commenced?

Timothy Mott Sulwood drive doesn’t need traffic lights on it. It never has and never will. It needs repairs doing but since the government only pays for the cheapest repair work possible that would be a waste of money. The government always says it wants to improve travel times but it slows down traffic wherever it can. How does slowing people down improve travel time? This is yet another stupid idea by our useless government.

Steve Da Costa Have to slow down the entire road because a few people are afraid to accelerate out of Mannheim.

Luke Juratowitch dodging potholes? 🙂

Steve Da Costa well there’s a few but I seem to have no issues doing the speed limit in my vehicle unless there’s someone up front who thinks it’s a 60 zone. I do know, from spending time in Kambah, that some drivers sit at that intersection, and they don’t pull out, they’re not competent as drivers, now we’re going to further add congestion to Sulwood to help them 😀

Steve Da Costa maybe they’re botching Sulwood to force more drivers on Athlon

Makes me laugh, we need to accommodate people who drive a car to a place where they can exercise, while most of the traffic consists of truck type cars, that can’t cope with rough roads, or ones that have amazing acceleration! But we’re all stuck behind some numpty too afraid to hit the speed limit, Se you at the next jam

Carrie Ongley – Given that all the earthworks was done for them back in the day by NCDC!

Henry Cartwright yeh we all live close enough to do that…. NOT

Henry Cartwright cars are a necessity with the lack of public transport options. Give it a test and maybe look on a map where Mt Taylor is 🤦‍♀️

Janine Hayes lmao, a “””hiker””” too scared to go for a walk

Henry Cartwright you do know not everyone lives within walking distance, right? There are suburbs other than Kambah and Torrens.

Kirsten Hayes So? You can still walk.

Henry Cartwright no, I really cannot from where I live. Not to mention how many dangerous roads there are.

Seriously? You can’t just go for a walk from home? You really need to drive to a special hill to walk?
and by driving you are contributing to the ‘dangerous roads’ you seem to dislike.