Residents reveal Green Rd, Castle Hill as worst road in the Hills Shire

MOTORISTS have voted on the worst roads — the rat runs, lengthy arterial links and bottle-necked boulevards — in the Hills Shire and called for action to be taken to beat the bottlenecks. Find out which top the list.

Cars backed up on Green Rd, Castle Hill. This has been dubbed as one of the worst roads in the hills in a survey by the Hills Shire Times and Rouse Hill Times. Picture: AAP Image/Monique Harmer

MOTORISTS have voted Green Rd at Castle Hill as “the region’s worst”.

The Times called for readers to reveal the rat runs, lengthy arterial links and bottle-necked boulevards that they consider the worst roads in the Hills.

More than 25 per cent of readers voted for Green Rd, closely followed by Samantha Riley Drive at Kellyville and Norwest Blvd.

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Castle Hill resident Craig Allison said though the timing and cost blowouts made Samantha Riley Drive a contester for the title, Green and Kings roads were a daily debacle.

Cars backed up on Withers Rd, Castle Hill. This has been dubbed as one of the worst roads in the hills in a survey by the Hills Shire Times and Rouse Hill Times Sunday July 22 2018 (AAP Image Monique Harmer)

“To travel from Green Rd to the Castle Hill CBD should take eight to 10 minutes. However, motorists are stuck in gridlock for at least 30 minutes on most mornings,” he said.

Kellyville, Castle Hill and West Pennant Hills had the most number of roads elected in the reader survey, with motorist Daniel Scott revealing he has had a spate of issues with his car’s suspension “due to the condition of Samantha Riley Drive” and claimed traffic in Green Rd made Castle Hill “impossible to live in”.

A typical morning traffic jam on Norwest Boulevarde in Norwest Business Park off Old Windsor Road, northwest of Sydney.

Worst roads ranked

1. Green Rd, Castle Hill
2. Samantha Riley Dr, Kellyville
3. Norwest Boulevard, Norwest
4. Showground Rd, Castle Hill
5. Windsor Rd, Kellyville
6. Lexington Ave, Bella Vista
7. Memorial Ave, Kellyville
8. Old Windsor Rd, Kellyville
9. President Rd, Kellyville
10. King Rd, Castle Hill
11. Withers Rd, Kellyville
12. Barry Rd, Kellyville
13. Victoria Ave, Castle Hill
14. Glenhaven Rd, Glenhaven
15. Highs Rd, West Pennant Hills
16. Taylor St, West Pennant Hills
17. Aiken Rd, West Pennant Hills
18. Oaks Rd, West Pennant Hills
19. Commercial Rd, Rouse Hill

Whichever way you look at it, Green Rd, Castle Hill, is ugly. Picture: AAP Image Monique Harmer

Hills Shire Liberal councillor Frank De Masi was surprised by the outcome.

“I have not heard any complaints about congestion on Green Rd, I was of the belief that Samantha Riley or Norwest Blvd would out rank it as the worst road in the Hills,” he said.

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Cr De Masi said the council should rally local state MPs to act on continuing to upgrade arterial roads that cause the congestion of local streets.

Labor councillor Tony Hay said the traffic light system needed to be remodelled and synchronised.

A council spokeswoman said congestion in Green Rd was created by the Showground Rd intersection.

“It can take up to five traffic signal cycles for motorists to clear Green Rd during that peak demand,” she said. “Council is investigating options to provide an additional southbound lane on Green Rd, but this lane would primarily service buses that are held up in the traffic queue.

“The RMS are separately investigating an upgrade to the Showground and Green roads intersection as part of the projected increase in demand for motorists to access the new Metro North rail station in Carrington Rd.”

Construction and traffic along Showground Rd at Castle Hill. Picture: AAP Image/David Swift

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