Horse Park Drive now complete

rommeldog56 said :

dungfungus said :

dungfungus said :

stormboy said :

Ask and you will receive @watto23.
Sure looks like traffic light poles on the Fadden side of sternberg. I’m guessing they will be part time like at the Athllon-Drakeford roundabout.

The light poles at Sternberg you refer to face both directions so I am thinking these will be for pedestrians (and cyclists) only unlike the peak hour /part time one further south.
I think we are going to see some massive stacks following the changes at the roundabouts and the traffic lights “around the corner” will add to the excitement.

I just checked the light poles and you were correct in the first place. They only will regulate traffic from the east going into the roundabout.
(Should have gone to SpecSavers).

It will be interesting to see if these new part time traffic lights (if that’s what they are) will cause a bankup of traffic exiting Gowrie/Fadden around that small roundabout at Bugden/Sternberg.

I think that’s the objective- an attempt to stop people rat running through Gowrie/Fadden and moving them back on to Ashley/Erindale Drive

rommeldog56 said :

dungfungus said :

dungfungus said :

stormboy said :

Ask and you will receive @watto23.
Sure looks like traffic light poles on the Fadden side of sternberg. I’m guessing they will be part time like at the Athllon-Drakeford roundabout.

The light poles at Sternberg you refer to face both directions so I am thinking these will be for pedestrians (and cyclists) only unlike the peak hour /part time one further south.
I think we are going to see some massive stacks following the changes at the roundabouts and the traffic lights “around the corner” will add to the excitement.

I just checked the light poles and you were correct in the first place. They only will regulate traffic from the east going into the roundabout.
(Should have gone to SpecSavers).

It will be interesting to see if these new part time traffic lights (if that’s what they are) will cause a bankup of traffic exiting Gowrie/Fadden around that small roundabout at Bugden/Sternberg.

Re those same roadworks at the big roundabout, the turning lane east into Sternberg has been fully completed for almost a week but the barriers are still up. Makes no sense to me.

dungfungus said :

dungfungus said :

stormboy said :

Ask and you will receive @watto23.
Sure looks like traffic light poles on the Fadden side of sternberg. I’m guessing they will be part time like at the Athllon-Drakeford roundabout.

The light poles at Sternberg you refer to face both directions so I am thinking these will be for pedestrians (and cyclists) only unlike the peak hour /part time one further south.
I think we are going to see some massive stacks following the changes at the roundabouts and the traffic lights “around the corner” will add to the excitement.

I just checked the light poles and you were correct in the first place. They only will regulate traffic from the east going into the roundabout.
(Should have gone to SpecSavers).

It will be interesting to see if these new part time traffic lights (if that’s what they are) will cause a bankup of traffic exiting Gowrie/Fadden around that small roundabout at Bugden/Sternberg.

I’ll add something positive. I live in Casey and I absolutely love having this new bit of road! Though that first Saturday after it opened, I counted 5 dead roos on a 100 meter strip! Didn’t include the wallaby in the middle of my lane on Friday night, which I reported.

But since then, I’ve only seen 1 dead wallaby and I drive there almost daily now. I’ve even risked taking that road after dark.

Bonner is now my preferred place for grocery shopping and take away (I’d never even been to Bonner before) and I drive that way to the Inner North because it is so much more relaxed driving there than Gungahlin Drive/Barton Highway, even with only one lane.

Now I’m waiting impatiently for the Mirabei drive link to open, because that will greatly improve my drive into Gungahlin town and to Flemington road. Right now I rat race through Ngunnawal to get there…

If they would hurry up and build our local shops and get the bus going through our development, I might even consider staying here. Nah… just kidding.

bundah said :

It’s business as usual in the Territory for they insist on simultaneously starting multiple roadworks at a number of locations around town. The problem is, and always has been, that there are only a handful of road workers to complete the projects so obviously there are going to be delays…

There seems to be an abundance of people who have the skills to start roadworks in the ACT, but only two or three who are qualified to finish the work!

dungfungus said :

stormboy said :

Ask and you will receive @watto23.
Sure looks like traffic light poles on the Fadden side of sternberg. I’m guessing they will be part time like at the Athllon-Drakeford roundabout.

The light poles at Sternberg you refer to face both directions so I am thinking these will be for pedestrians (and cyclists) only unlike the peak hour /part time one further south.
I think we are going to see some massive stacks following the changes at the roundabouts and the traffic lights “around the corner” will add to the excitement.

I just checked the light poles and you were correct in the first place. They only will regulate traffic from the east going into the roundabout.
(Should have gone to SpecSavers).

goggles13 said :

gooterz said :

bd84 said :

Well it’s not even close to being complete because they need to duplicate the road. All drivers will encounter now will be driving into peak hour congestion, which will increase as they stuff people into the new suburbs being built without adequate road infrastructure as they prioritise the land release over proper planning.

Don’t worry they’ll do it in about 20 years. Just look at Tuggeranong.

and when they do duplicate it, it will take much longer than planned. just look at the 200m duplication of Erindale Drive. already two months overdue with no end in sight

It’s business as usual in the Territory for they insist on simultaneously starting multiple roadworks at a number of locations around town. The problem is, and always has been, that there are only a handful of road workers to complete the projects so obviously there are going to be delays.

That’s just how we do things around here hence we have the world’s slowest roadworks not unlike the bureaucrats….

stormboy said :

Ask and you will receive @watto23.
Sure looks like traffic light poles on the Fadden side of sternberg. I’m guessing they will be part time like at the Athllon-Drakeford roundabout.

The light poles at Sternberg you refer to face both directions so I am thinking these will be for pedestrians (and cyclists) only unlike the peak hour /part time one further south.
I think we are going to see some massive stacks following the changes at the roundabouts and the traffic lights “around the corner” will add to the excitement.

Ask and you will receive @watto23.
Sure looks like traffic light poles on the Fadden side of sternberg. I’m guessing they will be part time like at the Athllon-Drakeford roundabout.

gooterz said :

bd84 said :

Well it’s not even close to being complete because they need to duplicate the road. All drivers will encounter now will be driving into peak hour congestion, which will increase as they stuff people into the new suburbs being built without adequate road infrastructure as they prioritise the land release over proper planning.

Don’t worry they’ll do it in about 20 years. Just look at Tuggeranong.

To be fair Drakeford drive was built as triple lane dual carriageway long before it was needed also.

The bit of work at Erindale drive won’t do anything. They needed to put lights in at the intersection with Sternberg.