Speed bump not working as intended

Edwards said he and his wife, Neroli, submitted on the speed bump, but had received ‘‘bugger all’’ information since then.

‘‘We had to chase them to see what was going on,’’ he said.

George St resident Jayne Glover said she did not support the council’s plan to adjust and then keep the speed bump.

‘‘Get rid of it. It shouldn’t be there. It’s in a built up area.’’

She said she could hear motorists ‘‘scream to a halt’’ from her house, about a 200-metre walk from the speed bump.

‘‘That [the speed bump] shouldn’t be there. The cycleway shouldn’t be here. It’s a complete danger to children,’’ she said.

‘‘Why did we fix something that didn’t need to be fixed?’’

She said money spent on the controversial traffic measure could have been ‘‘better spent’’ solving the region’s housing problem.

Duncan Burrows, who also lived on Beaver Rd, said he had submitted in support of the speed bump outside his house.

‘‘They [the council] should put another three speed bumps in. One in the middle [of the road] and some at the ends,’’ he said.

Burrows also suggested barriers be installed on either side of the speed bump to prevent speedsters from driving onto the footpaths, in an attempt to avoid the 75 millimetre-high bump.

He said traffic measures like stop signs didn’t stop speedsters.

The speed bump was ‘‘fine’’ and did not need to be altered.

‘‘Concerns stem from people with trailers going at too much speed . . . people are just not respecting the speed bump,’’ Burrows said.

Prideaux said traffic speeds and volume counts would be collected along Beaver Rd in the coming weeks.