Call for action
GIPPSLANDERS have spoken with their pens, demanding safety on a notorious accident hotspot near Leongatha be addressed.
A petition to the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, asking for road safety improvements at Crightons Hill, received 1134 signatures.
The hill is on the Strzelecki Highway between Mardan Road and Leongatha-Yarragon Road.
The petition was circulated throughout Leongatha and Mirboo North in the wake of the death of a 17 year old Mirboo North girl at Crightons Hill on September 1.
Her death was the fourth fatality on the hill’s bends in four years, during which time about 20 accidents resulting in serious injury also occurred.
The petition ended on Friday and asks for flashing warning signs and/or for the speed limit to be reduced to 80km/h at Crightons Hill.
The petition also calls for long term works to alter the highway to bypass the hill.
The petition will be delivered to Gippsland South MLA and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan in time from him to table it in the Victorian Parliament next month.
People from across South Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley signed the petition.
The petition is an initiative of the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Star newspaper.
“We thank the community for supporting a cause that is personally dear to many residents with connections to people that have either been killed or injured at Crightons Hill,” Star editor Brad Lester said.
“Let’s hope the petition results in action that reduces the risk of further accidents there.”
Signing up: Riarnne Buckland of Fish Creek signs the Crightons Hill petition at the The Star office in Leongatha.
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