Yarra Ranges Council has received a petition requesting the removal of traffic side posts on the lower sealed section of Gleghorn Road in Kallista.
Speaking at the council meeting on Tuesday 28 November, resident Clayton Hugo said the posts – placed on the road as part of its sealing – are obstructing passing cars.
“We respectfully ask that they be removed and something a bit more practical [be done instead], maybe paint some lines down the side to show the road shoulder,” Mr Hugo said.
“It was an unsealed road and Karen [Kestigian] and from like the flood watch group pushed to get it sealed, which was done well
“As part of that they’ve hitched it up and it flat shoulders, but now the side posts have squished it in.”
20 residents signed the petition submitted to the council.
Lyster Ward Councillor Johanna Skelton spoke to the petition.
“I had a little drive down and thought ‘it [ the road] does seem a bit skinny,'” Cr Skelton said.
“That will also be a question to our team to ensure that we’re making sure it’s okay [for future].
“It was great to hear you add that onto the petition about potential solutions about what you do think would be good safety wise, because being all black and the drain being all black, it is a bit hard to see where those edges are,” she said.
The motion was carried unanimously.
The petition is set to be referred to the appropriate officer.
