Eurobodalla Mayor Mathew Hatcher says Council is working with the NSW Government to find and implement solutions to fix highway choke points at Moruya.
Earlier this year Eurobodalla Council staff met with representatives from Transport for NSW to identify options that reduce Moruya CBD peak-period congestion on the Princes Highway. Given delays in funding and TfNSW not identifying the bypass in its long-term plans, Mayor Hatcher says the two organisations must cooperate to find ways that improve traffic flow.
"We've asked the department to model flow through the traffic lights where the highway intersects Church Street, and also to look at the Shore and Queen Street intersections for ways to improve traffic flow, access, safety and parking," says the Mayor.
Mayor Hatcher says TfNSW will undertake work assisting traffic flow on the highway just north of the Moruya River and has asked the department to provide a timeframe for that.
"Council wants to attract more tourists to Eurobodalla and that means more traffic. We also need to assure people in the shire's north they won't face delays accessing health services at the new Moruya hospital," he says.
"In the meantime, we appreciate these short-term measures by the department, helping with highway congestion until the Moruya bypass attracts funding."
