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The intersection of Taylors Road and the Bunya Highway, north of Kingaroy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 18, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

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South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann today questioned why safer roads have to be paid for with deaths and injuries.<\/p>\n

He was responding to a report by Roads Portfolio holder Cr Damien Tessmann about the intersection of Taylors Road and the Bunya Highway, north of Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

The Mayor said he thought this intersection was becoming dangerous at peak hours, and that increased right-hand turns there were a cause for concern.<\/p>\n

The Council’s Traffic Advisory Committee had looked at the issue and considered a number of possibilities to improve safety.<\/p>\n

These measures including lowering the speed limit on Taylors Road from 100km\/h to 80km\/h, and building a turning lane.<\/p>\n

However, both options had been ruled out – the speed zone reduction because it would increase driver frustration, and the turning lane because of cost.<\/p>\n

At today’s South Burnett Regional Council meeting, Mayor Kratzmann said one of his major frustrations with the Federal Government’s Black Spot road safety program was it was reactive, not proactive.<\/p>\n

“Why should road safety improvements need to be paid for in fatalities?” he asked.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“There are many qualified people – like our police, council workers and emergency services personnel – who can see when a road is unsafe.<\/p>\n

“We’ve all seen the major advertising campaign that was put into play to reduce drink-driving.<\/p>\n

“It took many years, but it has now completely altered our community’s attitude to drink-driving and saved many lives in the process,” he said.<\/p>\n

“So right now the next biggest cause of road deaths is the state of Australian roads.<\/p>\n

“Wouldn’t it be cheaper to fix them up front rather than wait until people die before we fix them?”<\/p>\n

The Department Of Transport and Main Roads will asked to conduct a safety audit of the intersection of the Taylors Road and Bunya Highway intersection.<\/p>\n

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Firefighters cut a trapped woman from her wrecked vehicle after a crash near the Taylor’s Road intersection in March this year \u00a0(Photo: AGL Action Helicopter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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