Parramatta Council is pushing for more to be done to reduce traffic at a notorious local intersection.
Liberal Councillor Georgina Valjak has gained the Council’s support in calling for major changes to be made to the intersection of Windsor Road and North Rocks Road.
At the latest Council meeting, Valjak said there is a real issue building up on North Rocks Road to the point where it’s “impacting the lives of our residents using those roads”.
“The queues are regularly in excess of 1km in the afternoon peak periods, as they approach Windsor Road from North Rocks Road,” she added.
“At the same time, [there is] little or no delay on Windsor Road and Church Street, and while it’s expected that some priority is being given to buses on Windsor Road and Church Street, the imbalance is now beyond what is fair and reasonable for our local community to have to endure.
“The imbalance in delays has been so extreme that it’s now leading to motorists frequently queuing across intersections, blocking traffic flows and further exacerbating the situation.”
The push comes after the new Woolworths North Parramatta opened at the end of last year, which Valjak believes has only served to further worsen the traffic conditions.
With St. Monica’s Primary School located next to the intersection, the North Rocks Ward Councillor also raised concerns about pedestrian safety – especially during drop-off and pick-up.
“In addition to these traffic delays, there are also concerns of overcrowding of pedestrians on the traffic islands just outside of St. Monica’s School,” she said.
“I’m really, really concerned about these children that are all just fighting to get onto this small triangle of pedestrian refuge. Our staff have done a great job in approaching Transport for NSW and looking at the traffic light phasing, but something’s not quite right. There’s been no change to the traffic movement along North Rocks Road.”
Passed unanimously, Council will now write to the NSW Government to request the possibility of installing traffic cameras on North Rocks Road at Windsor Road and James Ruse Drive bridge to monitor southbound traffic queues.
The Council is also calling for changes to be made to traffic signal timing and coordination at and near the intersection of North Rocks Road and Windsor Road to more equally distribute traffic delays, as well as introduce measures to address pedestrian safety during school peak periods.
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