- Target:
- Western Cape Government/ Saldanha-bay Municipal Manager / Town Planners
- Region:
- South Africa
The main road poses significant risk to both motorists and pedestrians alike. There are currently no traffic calming measures in place and a few serious accident have occurred in this road in the past with the recent accident on 24October 2019 causing loss of life due to a speeding vehicle hitting another vehicle crossing the 4 lane road.
Skid marks are visible on numerous areas along this road as proof of near miss incidents which will eventually lead to serious injury or death.
The Ward committee has been trying for at last the past three(3) years, to get town planning to implement traffic calming measures, without success.
There is a compelling need for traffic calming measures to be put in place in the main road of Saldanha bay between Benguela, OK Mini Mark and the Total petrol station.
There are 2 Schools in the nearby vicinity with children needing to cross the 4 lane road on a daily basis twice or more a day with no pedestrian crossing or traffic calming measures in place. a Large number of pedestrians use this road in the mornings and afternoons to reach pick up point for busses to head to school or work in other nearby towns. A large number of pedestrians need to cross this road daily to make use of the local businesses such as OK mini mark.
Speed bumps or any other Effective traffic calming measures needs to be put in place to reduce speed of vehicles making use of this road and ensure the safety of the general public making use of this road either by vehicle or as pedestrians as crossing a 4 lane road is high risk and very unsafe from a motorist perspective as well as pedestrian. Visible traffic vehicles or speed traps are not effective as it can not be maintained for a 24 hour period with the recent accident and loss of life taking place at approx. 23h00 .
We the undersigned call on the Municipal Manager of the SBM municipality, town planners and Western Cape government to provide effective and lasting traffic calming measures in the main road of Saldanha-bay to improve the safety of the public in general.
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The Traffic Calming measures for Main Road, Saldanha petition to Western Cape Government/ Saldanha-bay Municipal Manager / Town Planners was written by Manie Nienaber and is in the category Public safety/ Road Safety at GoPetition.