Your chance to name the state’s worst roads

You grumble about them all the time with friends and colleagues. Now, the RACQ is giving you the chance to name and shame our most congested roads.

Traffic on Moggill Rd near Kenmore Village. The road is consistently one of the most congested according toRACQ’s annual red spot list. Picture: Patria Jannides

The RACQ is calling on Queenslanders to name and shame the state’s most clogged roads as part of its annual Red Spot Congestion survey.

Drivers were in the best position to pinpoint regularly choked roads, intersections and level crossings and help drive change, club spokeswoman Lauren Ritchie said.

The Western Freeway, Moggill Rd, Ipswich Mwy and Gympie Rd make regular appearances on the RACQ’s list of shame, which it has been conducting each year since 1996.

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“Congestion isn’t just a social problem, it’s an economic issue too. Being caught in traffic

robs us our personal time and impacts our economy through lost productivity, so it’s

important we play our part and speak up,” Ms Ritchie said.

“Regardless of whether it’s a particular set of traffic lights taking too long to change, lengthy

wait times at a rail crossing, bottlenecks at your nearby roundabout or something completely

different, we want to know how and where your travels are being delayed.”

Ms Ritchie said as the Council election loomed next month and the state election in October, the club would use the results to lobby governments for funding and improvements and get

commitments before Queenslanders headed to the polls.

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“Since last year’s survey, we saw several roads receive funding commitments towards

upgrades right across the Sunshine state, from the Pacific Mwy, to the Bruce and as

far north as the Captain Cook Hwy,” she said.

“Respondents nominated more than 2500 red spots and helped us identify about 450 of the

State’s most congested roads.

“We’ll keep fighting for Queenslanders and the projects needed to make a difference, so we

encourage everyone to participate this time ‘round and have the chance to win a $250

EFTPOS gift card.”

Complete RACQ’s Red Spot Congestion Survey here before 11.59pm on March 3.