Cade Lucas
Wyndham council will seek an urgent meeting with the Department of Transport and Planning in an attempt to fix what it calls a ‘dangerous and congested’ part of Doherty’s Road affecting residents of the Creekstone estate in Tarneit.
In a motion passed at a meeting of council on Tuesday, May 28, council also committed to writing to Roads Minister Melissa Horne and Truganina MP Sarah Connolly, asking them to intervene in the matter.
Earlier this month, Wyndham council blocked Creekstone developer, Macson Developments, from releasing any more parcels of land until it delivered a promised intersection and bridge at the estate.
Creekstone estate currently has just one entry and exit point at the intersection of Dohertys Road and Settlement Road, which residents regard as chronically congested and dangerous.
The motion moved by deputy mayor Josh Gilligan, included correspondence between council and Macson Developments about the developer’s obligation to complete an intersection between Edgewood Drive and Dohertys Road.
Cr Gilligan said this was to demonstrate that council had done all it could to fix the problem.
“What this resolution does is it airs those documents in a very public fashion that demonstrates that we sought to enter into a communications plan in July last year that was ultimately abandoned by the developer because they did not get their act together in relation to the delivery of the Edgewood intersection,” Cr Gilligan said.
The motion also included a letter from the Department of Transport and Planning, refusing a request to provide temporary traffic lights at the intersection of Doherty’s and Settlement roads.
Despite this, Cr Gilligan said the motion reaffirmed council’s commitment to working with the department to fix the traffic problems affecting Creekstone residents.
“Approving this tonight really makes clear that we want to work hand-in-hand with DTP to get this done, who has the ultimate authority to fix the dangerous and congested parts of Dohertys Road which has 10,000 vehicle movements a day. It is a very busy road for many, many thousands of residents,” he told the chamber.
The motion was passed unanimously.
Macson Developments was contacted for comment.
