Roads and Maritime Services probe congestion problem on notorious Bankstown bottleneck Stacey St
INCREASING traffic flow on congestion-plagued Stacey St — the seventh slowest in Australia and New Zealand — will form part of a NSW Government investigation into improving congestion.
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INCREASING traffic flow on congestion-plagued Stacey St, one of Australia’s slowest roads, will form part of a NSW Government pinch point investigation.
Roads and Maritime Services geotechnical crews began assessing four intersections between Stacey St and Fairford Rd yesterday.
When the night work is complete on Monday, the junctions with Stanley St, Salvia Ave, Verbena Ave, Petunia Ave and Macauley Ave will have been assessed.
Bankstown state Labor MP Tania Mihailuk said she was sceptical anything would be done after the tests.
“This Government has failed to upgrade Stacey St despite having promised to do so at the last State Election,” she said. “Let’s wait and see if this geotechnical drilling leads to any real action on Stacey St.
“Tackling chronic congestion in Stacey St should be a priority for this Government given that Premier (Gladys) Berejiklian is forcing Bankstown to bear the brunt of Sydney’s population growth.”
It comes after an Austroads report into congestion and road reliability found Stacey St was the seventh slowest in Australia and New Zealand, with traffic moving at an average speed of 18.3km/h.
The report, which crunched Google Maps traffic data between September and October 2015, also showed Stacey St was Sydney’s fourth slowest road behind South Dowling, Cleveland and Harris streets in the city. Bankstown’s most notorious bottleneck was shown to delay motorists by 42 per cent of their average travel time.
A RMS spokeswoman said Stacey St was being investigated as part of the NSW Government’s $300 million Gateway to the South Pinch Point program, which aims to reduce congestion and improve journey reliability.
“Roads and Maritime Services acknowledges the findings of Austroads’ Congestion and Reliability Review and will continue to work closely with the community and local councils to improve journey times and safety,” she said.
“In five years to February 2017, 11 letters were received about Stacey St.”
A Canterbury-Bankstown Council spokeswoman said: “Council supports anything the State Government can do to improve traffic flow on Stacey St. We welcome the start of what appears to be progress in this space.”
Traffic control will be in place during the work and lanes may be closed.
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