Pedestrian lights in Point Cook installed in December last year have yet to be switched on nearly six months later.
Wyndham council forked out $250,000 to install the lights at the corner of Dunnings Road and Main Street before Christmas, 2017, to provide a safe crossing point for local school children and the general public.
However, the lights are not in use months on and council city operations acting director Shane Walden said it could be another six to eight weeks before they would be operational.
“This complex project has been delayed due to various approvals for the works taking longer than expected to obtain,” Mr Walden said. “Council has completed the installation of the traffic lights, including wiring, and we are now awaiting Powercor’s final approval of electrical connections.
“Once this is provided, VicRoads will connect the traffic lights to the signal control box.”
Point Cook resident Bernard Reilly, who has spent the past six years advocating for lights at this intersection, said he was frustrated by the delay.
“It’s a matter of child safety – and they are not addressing it,” Mr Reilly said.
“I’m crossing the road with young mothers with prams and babies, and there’s no protection for them – no speed restrictions or anything like that to help, just an open road.
“There’s a school at the other end of the park and hundreds of kids that go to the shopping centre.”
