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Your views: on a Hills roundabout and COVID restrictions

Today, readers comment on an Old Belair Rd junction and pandemic life.

Sep 30, 2021, updated Sep 30, 2021
Photo: Greg O'Grady (left) Department of Infrastructure and Transport (right).

Photo: Greg O'Grady (left) Department of Infrastructure and Transport (right).

Commenting on the story: Council calls for halt to $20m Old Belair Rd junction upgrade

Something must be done at this intersection as soon as possible, as the traffic coming in from James Road is often held up for more than one kilometre during peak period.

There are regular accidents and near misses due to this solvable congestion. What are the alternatives? When will this be solved? A roundabout was promised for this intersection more than 20 years ago by the Olsen Government and nothing has happened. – Darryl Dyson

So worrying that the Transport Department is comfortable with killing 147 native trees (their number, I expect it will be many more).

Hardly a government deserving of national park city status. And for what? A roundabout that won’t save me any time (as I’ll still get stuck in traffic down the hill) and will attract more cars to dangerous James Road. Surely if the brief was to fix the intersection without killing trees (and pouring tonnes of concrete) a smarter, cheaper solution would emerge. – John Denlay

Seriously, what has Mitcham Council got to do with the upgrade of this intersection?

It is one of the worst intersections going around and with the increase of land subdivisions this intersection is only going to get worse.

From what I have seen and the accidents I have seen, we only have two options: a set of lights (painful) or the proposed roundabout (great idea). After that is just another have a go intersection, and getting worse. This is a no-brainer. – David Broad

I am not the best mathematician but it would seem to me from this news report that this proposed roundabout is not warranted. From the figures stated in the article, it is obvious that driver error is the cause, but as usual the “roads are to blame” is trotted out.

It is heartening to read that the people who have been elected are realising the intrinsic value to the natural environment that native trees/habitat have. It seems that with nearly every development that is proposed, the removal of mature native trees/habitat ‘is required’.

These trees provide native fauna with the habitat that they need to reproduce, feed, etc. So the feel good idea of planting more native trees would have no benefit to these native species for a very long time, and to think that native species displaced by the removal of habitat are able to just find alternate habitat is naïve and when species are forced to congregate due to habitat loss, they are deemed over-abundant.

This country’s obsession with denuding the countryside of native vegetation/habitat for population growth, agriculture, viticulture, housing developments, mining, etc is borne out by Australia being the only developed nation to be on the World Wide Fund for Nature list that reports on countries that have allowed mass deforestation to occur.

Native flora and fauna must be included in climate change discussions: not just the effect that climate change will have on these species, but the effect on the climate that the continual clearing and killing of these species has had. – Tanya Taverner

Commenting on the story: No changes to SA restrictions amid vaccination push

Go figure – 50 people allowed to dance at functions. Only 20 people allowed to gather at residences!

Our mobile catering trade is unnecessarily being decimated. Where is the government financial support to acknowledge our health order compliance? – Eldert Hoebee

“If we do have these pockets that have got low take up of the vaccinations, we need to understand that that’s not creating additional risk for other South Australians who need to access health services.”

I am sorry, but no. I fail to see why those of us who have been socially responsible and have done the right thing in getting vaccinated should have our freedoms repressed by the vaccine hesitant, be they in the northern suburbs or in the far south east of the State.

If the Committee is going to wait for 80% of all the State to be fully vaccinated, then we will be waiting forever and that is not acceptable.

We are patient but we do expect progress and we are not seeing any, which will lead to discontent not only with the unelected bureaucrats but also with the State Government’s politicians who are conspicuously absent from the decision making processes. There are elections in the not too distant future and woe betide any politician who tries to blame everything on “health advice”. – Simon Lovell

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