Thursday, 14 August 2025

Adjournment

Croydon electorate road safety

David HODGETT (Croydon) (17:11): (1261) My adjournment today is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the action I seek is for the minister to prioritise driver and pedestrian safety by installing traffic lights at the corner of Lusher Road, Anzac Street and Mount Dandenong Road in Croydon. My constituent Beverley Clarke, who lives on Lusher Road, has witnessed many accidents and near misses at this intersection over the years and increasingly over the last six months. Some examples include cars turning left out of Lusher Road not giving way to cars doing U-turns on Mount Dandenong Road; cars travelling along Mount Dandenong Road indicating to turn left into the Shell petrol station driveway which is near the corner of Lusher Road, not turning down Lusher Road, and their turning intentions being misinterpreted; and cars speeding across the double lanes coming out from Anzac Street and across the lanes. Mount Dandenong Road is a major road with high volumes of traffic, especially during peak times. Combine this with the increase in traffic on Lusher Road due to the large number of unit developments and public housing being built, and the result is more traffic, more congestion, more accidents and more near misses at this intersection.

Anzac Street adds to the complexity of this intersection as people accessing the Croydon police station are parking down this road, creating blockage and obstruction, and as previously mentioned, local traffic wanting to turn right into Mount Dandenong Road from Anzac Street must cross double lanes, avoid cars turning into Anzac Road, avoid cars turning both ways out of Lusher Road and avoid cars doing U-turns along Mount Dandenong Road. Traffic lights would also help pedestrians navigate crossing all these busy roads. There is currently a pedestrian crossing 20 metres down on Mount Dandenong Road, which used to service the former Croydon Community School, which is now closed having been relocated to a brand new facility on Croydon Road. This pedestrian crossing is used; however, it does nothing for the pedestrians trying to cross busy Lusher Road. Minister, I urge you to install traffic lights at this intersection before there is a fatal pedestrian or motor vehicle accident. Again, the action I am seeking is for prioritisation of driver and pedestrian safety by installing traffic lights at the corner of Lusher Road, Anzac Street and Mount Dandenong Road, Croydon.