Petitioners oppose traffic lights

A petition signed by Peninsula residents has been lodged with Gosford Council objecting to council's proposed traffic lights on Ocean Beach Rd at Dunban Rd and MacMasters Rd, Woy Woy.

They also objected to the proposed clearaway zone on Ocean Beach Rd.

The petition contained 141 signatures.

According to a council report, the petition stated that the lights, which are less than 200m apart, would cause enormous traffic delays.

The petition also objected to Ocean Beach Rd being made a clearway from Woy Woy to Umina Beach, as "many residents live on this road and will be disadvantaged if this goes ahead".

"They also believe that it will change the character of the Peninsula in a detrimental way," the report stated.

The petition, lodged by former councillor Debra Wales, stated that it agreed with a proposal to construct landscaped roundabouts and with pedestrian lights at South Woy Woy Primary School for a safer pedestrian access.

The petitioners have asked for council to consider their objections.

Council agenda P.78, November 1