IF you see red when you head out on the South Coast’s local roads, then the NRMA want to hear from you.
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In conjunction with the launch of NRMA’s Seeing Red on Roads campaign, newly appointed NRMA director Kate Lundy joined former director Alan Evans for a tour of the South Coast looking at some of the issues affecting local motorists and commuters.
The annual campaign was a central in the NRMA’s pish for upgrades to the small section of shops in Albion park Rail along the Princess Highway after one third of Illawarra voters rated it as the worst road in the region.
With an ultimate goal of eventually having dual carriageway all the way to the Victorian border, Ms Lundy and Mr Evans looked at other parts of the Princes Highway needing upgrades as well as other local roads.
“The recent funding commitment for the Albion Park Rail bypass was a great outcome for the community,” Ms Lundy said.
“But there is still a lot of work to be done, particularly south of Jervis Bay.
“Eventually we want to have dual carriageway all the way to the border, but in the meantime there are things we can do like extra overtaking lanes.
“Kiama bends are also a major engineering project where we would look at solutions to alleviate the problems, maybe to straighten the road.”
Ms Lundy said the idea of the tour and the campaign was about “amplifying” the community voice and important local priorities to assist in NRMA’s applications to the state and federal government.
The campaign seeks community input on a range of traffic issues including congestion areas, road safety, school safety, black spots, and also extends to “multi-model” transport said Ms Lundy.
“Commuters obviously impact what is happening on the roads. This is the chance to give a voice to commuters that interact with other modes of transport such as car, train, bus and even bikes,” she said.
“Our Seeing Red on Rail campaign - coming out later in the year - looks at what frustrates people on trains. This includes parking at train stations, drop-off areas, access and delays.”
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