Goya Dmytryshchak
Turn ban signs are being installed in Point Cook Road at Seabrook to stop traffic rat-running through local roads in morning peaks.
Hobsons Bay council is monitoring the effectiveness of the signs through traffic surveys.
Seabrook Boulevard, Shane Avenue and Homestead Run experience traffic issues during the morning peak as commuters try to avoid traffic on Point Cook Road.
This has caused ongoing conflict for the residents within the precinct.
As reported by Star Weekly in June last year, the council had voted to install the municipality’s first remote-operated bollards at the southern entrances to Seabrook Boulevard and Shane Avenue from Point Cook Road.
The automated bollards would prevent traffic entering from Point Cook Road during morning peak times.
About 80 per cent of 691 community submissions supported options to reduce non-local traffic, with the most popular being the installation of removable bollards to restrict vehicle movements in morning peaks.
However, the Department of Transport raised concerns with this option and it did not proceed.
The council is seeking to have this decision reviewed.
As an interim measure, turn bans – the second-most preferred community option – are being implemented.
