Over 200 Ingenia Bethania residents will come together this week to voice their concerns to council about Radke Road – a country laneway they say is dangerous and in urgent need of care.
A community meeting is set to be held today (November 29). Local councillor Tony Hall, state member Shannon Fentiman and federal member Bert van Manan are all set to speak about the issue.
President of the Ingenia Bethania Lifestyle Village Homeowners Association, Professor Patrick Glynn, said they’ve been fighting the issue for five years.
“We are in Radke Road which is a cul-de-sac and it’s an old country laneway,” Professor Glynn said.
“Where the Ingenia entrance is, it’s all been kerbed and guttered but where the old acreage properties begin is the issue, as the road narrows and drops off on one side,” he said.
“We have residents in and out all day, most towing caravans or campers and the road is just not big enough or safe enough for this type of traffic. You often end up off the road in the dirt to avoid a collision.
“Council did come out at one point, but all they did was paint two yellow lines down the guttering to stop parking and it wasn’t even in the place we were concerned about.”
Professor Glynn said with more homes being built in the next few years the traffic will become astronomical.
“Council refuse, despite many letters and petitions, to do anything about the dangerous bottleneck that occurs daily,” he said.
“Because of the residential area across the road people park on the road in front on their home, which they are entitled to do and that is not our issue, the issue is that there is not much room for people to drive through and it becomes at one way lane and at busy times that can really bank up.
“The council have approved high density living at Ingenia along with two townhouse developments by AV Jennings, which means more and more people will be using the road, so it needs to be fixed.”
Professor Glynn said he anticipated more than 200 residents at today’s meeting.
“We want a commitment from Logan City Council that we will be a priority to fix the roads,” he said.
