Dangerous Roundabout at the EčļÕİĴÕËļõĔč Ĕê \õÑʴ"Łİ²Ć Ĕ²Ñ and Galston Road.

Contributed by Brian Buckley Clare, The Galston Safety Committee

Galston Road is a State road whose staff built a pedestrian crossing on the east side of the shopping centre side intended for use, mainly by the Galston High school children.

This crossing is poorly sited as it is too close to the Roundabout, and, due to plant growth and the central tree, persons cannot be seen coming from the western/ Hornsby Dural side.

There have been many near misses, and both Warren Waddell, the local Hornsby councillor and I, have had no success in getting the RTA to take remedial action to make this safe for pedestrians.

The day after installing barriers, they were crashed into at least twice on successive days.

The pedestrian crossing, used mainly by the school children from Galston High School, on the Shopping centre north side of

Galston, cannot be seen by motorists doing the speed limit of 60 k's. The speed limit needs to be reduced for safety reasons and ļݲêţË ËĔčļİĔĆ êĔİ ČĔļĔİ ŕÕñõËĆÕĴ ʲËăõčë out from vertical parking to the shops on the western side of Galston Road. A suggested limit is 40 k's between Mid Dural Rd and Arcadia Rd, Galston. A temporary solution would be to immediately remove the tree and all ground foliage and cement over the Roundabout. This is a serious accident spot with possible deaths to occur because of bad planning. Recommendations are to remove this pedestrian refuge from its present untenable position and put the crossing down further towards the High School ŖñÕİÕ ²ĭĭİĔ²Ëñõčë ļݲêţË Ë²č ĴÕÕ ² ĭİĔĭÕİ pedestrian crossing in place.

A letter has been sent from The Galston Safety Committee to the RTA advising them of this potentially dangerous spot and asking for their urgent action to rectify this error. If it is not corrected, our group will be advising persons involved in accidents at this location to sue the State Government.