Mad two miles?
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What a coincidence. On March 22 my husband and I were travelling south out of Batemans Bay in light rain.
We had a vehicle in front of our car and one behind us. Roughly 50 yards south of the “Welcome to Batemans Bay” sign, a white vehicle travelling north lost control in a wet patch.
It spun onto our side of the road; the vehicle in front of us braked and swerved to avoid it; the white car was still travelling towards us sideways; I swerved to avoid it and the car behind us luckily swerved to avoid hitting us. The woman in the white car ended up on the left hand side of the road in the dirt verge.
While we were composing ourselves after the shock the reasonably heavy traffic kept streaming past at speed.
Along with the driver of the vehicle behind us, we eventually managed to park our cars safely and check to see if the woman was okay. Incredibly she was uninjured but shaken. We are still counting our blessings we weren't hit.
The woman driver was probably driving at the same speed as the rest of the traffic which, on a dry day, would be fine.
The majority of drivers don't seem to slow down in wet weather.
Why? Surely it's common sense the road will be slippery?
Lets hope this patch of road doesn't claim a life.
We have read some of the related accident stories on the Bay Post page. Locals have always considered the “mad mile” as from the top of the hill (the oyster lease road) to Deep Creek.
Maybe we need to rename it the “mad two miles”? Lowering the speed limit or slow-down signs may help the cambered area in question.
Dale and Brian Evans
Tomakin
Plea for Broulee bushland
The Broulee Mossy Point Community Association met on March 28 regarding the last remnant native bushland on public land in Broulee.
The meeting of more 80 participants strongly endorsed the retention of this bushland.
The solid block of contiguous native bushland on public land should be preserved in its entirety.
This would leave room for at least one, possibly two netball courts and significant improvements to parking arrangements. The meeting agreed by acclamation.
Eurobodalla Shire Council outlined the preparation of a master plan including parking, extra netball courts and an oval.
The meeting felt the council was looking at the site in terms of what it could develop rather than what it could save.
The council did, however outline discussions with the three Broulee schools for sharing of sporting facilities and retention of the bushland for environmental education purposes.
Forty-plus years ago, the council wisely allowed for the provision of sporting facilities – that’s why we have such central facilities in Narooma, Moruya and Batemans Bay.
The community has now outgrown these facilities.
What is planned for the proposed large housing development at Rosedale?
Sporting facilities and green space for the well being of the community?
Broulee is slowly being overtaken by development – residents’ wishes are being overrun.
The area the community seeks to protect is less than 5 per cent of the total area of land.