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South Australians urged to nominate hazardous roads as deadline nears for safety survey

With just one week left, South Australians are encouraged to identify risky roads for potential upgrades.

South Australians are being reminded that they have just one week remaining to nominate hazardous local roads or intersections for potential safety upgrades. The RAA is in the final days of collecting submissions for its Risky Roads survey. This initiative seeks public input to help identify and subsequently advocate for the improvement of problematic road sections across the state.

The RAA’s Risky Roads survey is integral in mapping out the state’s most unsafe roads or intersections. This year’s participation window closes on Wednesday, December 4th. The survey encourages feedback from all road users, including drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. Participants can report issues such as substandard road surfaces, poorly designed or confusing road layouts, and insufficient pedestrian or cycling infrastructure.

Once the survey period concludes, RAA’s traffic engineers will analyze the data and compile recommendations for South Australia’s road authorities and the State Government. These proposals will aim at enhancing road safety over the next three to four years.

Highlighting recent successes, the RAA noted significant developments at two notorious locations. The intersection at Curtis and Heaslip Roads in Angle Vale, identified in the 2021 survey as the state’s riskiest, has been granted $30 million by the government for a new roundabout. Similarly, Main Road in Cherry Gardens, previously second on the list of hazardous metro roads, has reopened after extensive upgrades including resurfacing, widening, and the installation of safety barriers.

Matt Vertudaches, RAA’s Senior Traffic Engineer, shared, “Leaving feedback about unsafe roads and intersections is one of the most important ways to help us identify spots in our road network that may need upgrading.” Vertudaches reminded the public that the process of nominating a road or intersection is quick and multiple entries are allowed, ensuring comprehensive input is achieved.

“Every nomination is reviewed by our traffic engineers and fed into our database so no nomination is wasted, even if it’s not a busy location,” he added. The aggregated data will be utilised to advocate for necessary safety enhancements to reduce the likelihood and severity of accidents.

The improvements made following the 2021 survey’s results have been welcomed by the RAA, and they anticipate that the upcoming conclusions from the current survey, expected to be presented in early 2025, will continue to drive positive changes in road safety.

All South Australians can nominate roads or intersections until 4 December via the RAA website.

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