Time for Council to act

It has been six months since council reduced the speed limit on Woy Woy Rd down to 60 km/h for the northern half of what was the 80 km/h zone.

In this time, there have still been a few accidents in that area.

In fact, there have been more accidents in the last six months than I can recall in the prior two years.

This morning driving to work I noticed that where the guardrail was still damaged (council have failed to repair it after six months) there had been another accident over the weekend which had caused the guardrail to buckle completely and sink down to below the level of the road, down the shallow embankment.

Should council be held responsible for the severity of the accident due to their blatant neglect?

The road surface itself has been in a poor condition for several years now due to the council and the RTA disputing over who has responsibility for the road, and if council would have just done the right thing and repaired the road instead of leaving it to deteriorate further, many of these accidents would have been avoided and an unnecessary and pointless reduction in speed limit would never have come about.

Wake up, council!

It is your responsibility to provide safe roads for all Central Coast residents.

Repair the guardrail, fix the road, bring the speed limit back up to 80 km/h, and actually do something to look after the roads instead of taking shortcuts and turning a blind eye.

Email, 8 Feb 2010 David Pardy, Ettalong Beach