Lake Colac bridge back on agenda

3 Responses to “Lake Colac bridge back on agenda”

1. 

   John Jellie May 1, 2012

   No trucks in residential streets. That only creates more problems. Bypass should be causeway over the lake or a ring road around the lake.

2. 

   Fred Flintstoned April 23, 2012

   I remember something that during the 1920’s, and future thinking planing officer put land asisde on or near Pound Rd, for a bypass. Whatever happen to this.

   Suggestion
   How about we re-model our CBD. Removal all Local Traffic, Left turns only and/or block traffic crossing Murray St. One or two under or over passes to cross Murray St.
   Place over street foot bridges, esclators and lifts for people with mobility issues (Like in Venice).
   Expand parking and re-model entire blocks to be more space saving.
   The cost of doing this would be far less than building some ugly bridge across the Lake.
   The only other realistic option is a bypass south of the CBD with the easterly diverted from East of Drapers Rd and to enter Colac South of Colanda St. Any closer and we have large hills, an electrical substation or a large fuel depot to deal with.

   Fred

3. 

   Bill April 20, 2012

   Just a quick note or two on the general concept and also on Colac Herald’s reporting on it:

   First in regards to the project :

   To quote Geoff Iles:

   “The other reason why I’d welcome it from a public health perspective – the level of debris that comes from traffic that must be impacting on our businesspeople along Murray Street,”

   Yet the proposed routes go through residential areas. With heavy vehicle traffic noise and pollution are just part of the picture. What happens when one of these trucks has an accident at one of the many corners, intersections and crossing that will be added ? Dealing with a toxic spill and having to evacuate families, including children in the middle of the night ?

   It may be that trucks are undesirable in central business districts, but it is a fact they are definitely undesirable in residential areas.

   Businesses built along the existing routes well aware of the heavy traffic. Seems the push is now to filter that traffic for their benefit at the cost of the community. It won’t create more parking; it won’t suddenly make the town more beautiful. It’s like putting lipstick on a pig. The same amount of money could help beautify streets parallel to Murray Street, where there is room for growth, room for parking and more development as we have seen in recent years.

   Real discussion needs to be about future growth of Colac, safety and well-being of the community, not based on attention seeking headlines of lubricous proposals such as routes over the lake. And this brings me to the second issue I wanted to respond on..

   Colac Herald also has an obligation to the community to report things accurately and clearly. Rather than talk about what the “short term” proposals are, rather than provide ***ANY*** information on how people can view the current proposals or provide feedback, the writer(s) at Colac Herald decided to focus on the most costly, most environmentally ludicrous proposal. Engage and nurture the community involvement in this; Colac Herald step up and improve your reporting.

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