Morris Maxwell is a long term resident of Coldstream. One of the original members of the Coldstream Improvement Group (CIG).
He ran 3770 News for some time and now is actively involved in the Margret Lewis Reserve.
He writes:
Has everyone involved here given up on trying to complete the highway duplication for this section that was started over twenty years ago?
How many years has the current state member been in office and how many requests has she made to have this duplication completed?
How many requests has the local council made for this duplication?
It seems to me, that a set of traffic lights would just give Vic Roads and excuse to put back the duplication for yet another century.
Also, if Vic Roads are not going to do anything with the extra road reserve and the bridge over the creek (Eastern Drain), then why can’t it be used for something else? Eg it could be used as an extended parking bay for interstate trucks, an area for Sunday markets, fenced off to make a long paddock for grazing, or how about allocating it as an area that could be used for private car sales of a weekend? This last idea might alleviate the problem of having cars to be sold parked in highly visible places where they are not really supposed to be. It could also become a permanent location for a weekend private cars sales market. Of course if we did use it for something, then it might upset Vic Roads and just to spite the locals they might come along and build a duplicate road along it!
Happy highway entering,
Morris Maxwell
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