Members of the Mingoola Progress Association are calling for traffic to be slowed down on the dangerous New England and Bruxner Highway intersection to avoid further accidents.
They raised the issue with Member for Northern Tablelands Richard Torbay at a recent meeting in Tenterfield.
“This is certainly an issue that needs to be resolved quickly as the 100km speed sign where motorists enter the New England Highway from the Bruxner Highway seems to be inviting accidents,” Mr Torbay said.
“Members of the progress association are concerned it may have contributed to a recent road accident and death at that intersection and quite rightly want to see a sign to reduce speed at that intersection,” he said.
The association also wants double lines installed from the top of the Mingoola Hill to the Springfield Road entrance, which it also sees as dangerous.
Mr Torbay said he had discussed the issue with Tenterfield Shire Mayor Toby Smith and acting general manager Glenn Inglis who will refer the matters to the council’s traffic committee.
“They are much needed safety measures and I hope there will be no delay in having them implemented,” he said.
Other issues raised at the meeting included an improved flood warning system to give advanced information on how Queensland flooding will impact on the Mingoola/Bonshaw area which was so hard hit in last year’s January floods; better arrangements for ambulances to deliver patients in border areas to the closest and most convenient hospital; and a number of council issues including LHPA rates and the waste levy.
Mr Torbay said Mr Inglis has already scheduled a meeting with Mingoola Progress Association members and had offered to discuss the issues at a meeting with the association in the village if invited to do so.
“I am also referring problems with ambulance services and the flood warning system to Steve Toms the new Cross Border Commissioner,” he said. “These are exactly the types of matters that have bedeviled cross border communities for years and need to be resolved.”
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