The following residents of the ACT draw to the attention of the Assembly long-standing concerns about the safety of the intersection of Hindmarsh Drive and Tyagarah Street in O’Malley.
As an uncontrolled intersection, there have been regular collisions over many years. Vehicles entering and exiting Tyagarah Street are forced to cross multiple lanes of 80km/h traffic and can face long delays waiting for breaks in traffic. The limited visibility of westbound traffic coming down the hill on Hindmarsh Drive greatly increases the risk of collision.
Installing traffic lights at this intersection would significantly reduce the risk of collision, supporting the ACT Government's commitment to Vision Zero – no deaths or serious injuries on our road network. If sequenced with the traffic lights at the adjacent Palmer Street intersection, traffic lights at Tyagarah Street would have minimal impact on westbound traffic flow and no impact on eastbound through traffic flow.
Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to call on the ACT government to install traffic lights at the intersection of Hindmarsh Drive and Tyagarah Street in O'Malley.