DEAR News Of The Area,
In regards to the intersection of Bucketts Way South and Pacific Highway, there has been a number of comments regarding this intersection, all suggesting urgent attention.
I have not read anything so far about two further compelling reasons for the solution to this most dangerous intersection to be expedited.
1. The Bucketts Way South is the main diversion route should the Pacific Highway southbound be closed (all those D signs near Nabiac and through Gloucester).
This, as all in Gloucester know, puts enormous added pressure on the Bucketts Way and in particular southbound and the subject intersection.
Pacific Highway northbound traffic is travelling in a 100kph zone at that intersection.
2. When the Heatherbrae interchange is completed in 2027/8 the northbound traffic will bypass the bottlenecks through Heatherbrae and will normally be travelling, unimpeded, in 100kph and 110kph zones.
There will not be any mitigation of the flow which is currently provided by traffic lights and bottlenecks.
Further urgent representations need to be made to get this dangerous situation corrected.
Regards,
Colin WARE,
Rookhurst.
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