LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
THINK you to Geoff Higgins and the Gippsland Times staff for raising the issue regarding safety on the Maffra-Sale Rd.
I have felt for some time that rather than creating a safer environment, these barriers have introduced a serious safety problem.
Recently I was driving to Maffra, following at a safe distance behind a school bus.
When it stopped for young passengers to alight, we all had to stop as the bus was a metre over the road and there was oncoming traffic.
I feel for the bus drivers as they have no other option.
As yet I haven’t encountered a farmer moving farm machinery, but no doubt it will happen.
Obviously a lot of money is being spent, but the bottom line is that the road needed to be widened and upgraded long ago, with safe passing lanes and a bike path, then possibly there would be no need for these so-called “safety” barriers.
Were locals consulted about this issue, or is this another example of people in the city with their good ideas?
