Comments wanted on laneway closure

Gosford Council has resolved to place the proposed closure of the unnamed laneway in Ettalong beach between Bourke Rd to Karingi St, on public exhibition.

A letterbox drop will also be carried out.

Resulting submissions will be reported to the Local Traffic Committee for consideration.

Residents from Barrenjoey Rd had requested that the unnamed laneway between Bourke Rd and Karingi St at the rear of their property be closed to through traffic.

The laneway is located between Springwood St and Barrenjoey Rd and is a T-configuration with the long section (East to West) parallel to Karingi St with the top of the T between Karingi St and Bourke Rd with this section closed to through traffic at Bourke Rd with bollards.

Residents reported that a car travelling in the laneway at the rear of the property had crashed into a property, caused damage and risked the lives of the family who used the backyard to play.

The residents had suggested that it be closed at the T-intersection of the laneway to eliminate the risk from similar incidents.

Councils' crash database showed no reported crashes within the laneway between 1996 and 2010 inclusive.

Gosford Council Agenda TR.12.04, 6 Mar 2012