Concerns about planned Mordialloc Freeway submitted to State Government
TRAFFIC snarls, lack of noise screening and cyclist safety have been flagged as potential road blocks to the controversial Mordialloc Freeway build.
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TRAFFIC snarls, lack of noise screening and cyclist safety have been flagged as potential road blocks to the controversial Mordialloc Freeway build.
Kingston Council has urged the State Government to rethink visual and noise screening near homes and at environmentally sensitive places such as Braeside Park.
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But the Residents Against the Mordialloc Freeway group has again voiced its call for “the road to nowhere” to be scrapped. And they have demanded the freeway business case be made public.
The council is concerned the draft plan doesn’t have enough noise walls, a “cohesive theme” or safety features for pedestrian and cycling paths.
“While noise walls are included in residential areas, none are provided next to Braeside Park, Woodlands Industrial Estate or parts of the green wedge,” it said.
“In residential areas noise walls should be carefully designed to reduce visual impact.”
The council also called for better links to the proposed pedestrian-cyclist path and assurances it would be well lit.
The planned road will include bridges over Springvale, Governor, Lower Dandenong and Centre Dandenong roads, entry and exit ramps; bridges over Old Dandenong Rd and waterways and it will connect with the Dingley Bypass.
RAMF president Scott Fothergill has claimed it would increase traffic on Governor, Centre Dandenong and South roads.
“We are alarmed that just a few short kilometres from notorious South Rd and Warrigal Rd traffic snarls, we will see an increase in traffic of around 10 per cent, while the Mornington Peninsula Freeway will see a massive increase by 60 per cent,” he said.
Community group Build the Mordialloc Freeway believes the road will ease congestion.
Read the EES and make a submission before December 14 at engage.vic.gov.au/mordialloc-bypass-ees-inquiry
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