General News
15 September, 2024
80kmh signs erected on sweeping bend
THE speed limit has been put on a sweeping bend crossing the Loddon River at Eddington. New 80kmh signs were erected on the Bendigo-Maryborough Road last week, almost 12 months after local residents and business owners called for a speed limit...
THE speed limit has been put on a sweeping bend crossing the Loddon River at Eddington.
New 80kmh signs were erected on the Bendigo-Maryborough Road last week, almost 12 months after local residents and business owners called for a speed limit reduction.
Eddington Engineering’s Simon Morrison contacted federal MP Anne Webster and member for Ripon Martha Haylett with their concerns.
Mr Morrison’s business is one of three flanking the sweeping bend near the Loddon River.
Backing for action also came from Southern Stockfeeds’ director Brett Caddy. “We have 10 semis a day, sometimes more, coming to our Eddington mill and when harvest ramps up next month, that could be 30 a day,” said Mr Caddy as the push for a cut on the 100kmh zone was launched last October.
“We need turning lanes as a minimum. I would rather be proactive than reactive.”
Mr Morrison on Monday said the erection of 80kmh signs was good news.
“Now we just need turning lanes and a guard rail,” he said.
Mr Morrison said B-Double traffic on the road had increased with expansion of the Southern Stockfeeds’ mill and said the new speed limit had been a win for residents and businesses concerned about safety on the busy road.
The Eddington speed limit reduction is the third on Loddon in less than a year.
Community campaigns saw the Calder Highway speed zone reduced to 40kmh in Brooke Street, Inglewood, and Wedderburn’s High Street.
The State Government has also allocated funds for pedestrian crossing lights in Wedderburn. Designs and a decision on its location are still to be announced by the Government.