The following residents of the ACT draw the attention of the Assembly to the urgent need for traffic lights at the intersection of Drakeford Drive and Noorooma Street, Isabella Plains.
Newer residential developments in the area have increased traffic along Drakeford Drive and surrounding streets. The growing traffic pressure has turned this intersection into a serious safety risk. During peak hours, the only way many motorists can cross is by dangerously accelerating beyond the speed limit to make it through momentary gaps in traffic. This intersection has outlived its design capacity and can no longer adequately support the needs of a growing region. This intersection has been the site of multiple collisions, some of which are fatal, including:
- The death of an 18 year old boy involved in a collision between a motorcycle and car in 2011.
- The death of a 78 year old woman involved in a collision between two cars in 2021.
Traffic lights at the intersection of Drakeford Drive and Noorooma Street would serve multiple purposes. Firstly, it would grant Isabella Plains motorists safer conditions to cross Drakeford Drive. Secondly, it would benefit Bonython residents needing to access Drakeford Drive via Barr Smith Avenue by slowing down traffic more broadly.
Your petitioners, therefore, request the Assembly to call on the Act Government to act swiftly and decisively by installing traffic lights at the intersection of Drakeford Drive and Noorooma Street, Isabella Plains. It is time for the ACT Government to make the direly needed upgrades to traffic infrastructure that the growing Tuggeranong region demands.