A Carrington Street resident sent a service request form to Upper Lachlan Shire Council in February 2011, requesting “urgent attention to the construction of a pathway for residents” in his and surrounding streets.
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Nearly seven years later, Richard Cromack is again asking the council for action on safety in Carrington Street and surrounds, where residents have to regularly walk on the roadway to the main street.
Mr Cromack’s original request stated the need for the ability for residents to “safely travel to the town centre without having to use the roadway”.
“The current situation is extremely dangerous and could lead to a fatality,” his form warned at the time.
Mr Cromack said he had approached councillors over the years about the issue, but had garnered no feedback; though, in 2011, Cr Culhane visited the affected streets to see first-hand the safety issues.
Just last week, Mr Cromack said, he saw a mother pushing a baby in a pram with two toddlers walking beside her on the roadway.
“This is not safe and there is an urgent need for a footpath,” he said.
Carrington Street also has low-hanging tree branches.
The council replied to Mr Cromack’s original request on February 22, 2011.
The matter had been raised at the February 2011 council meeting, the letter said.
Phil Newham, the council’s director of works and operations at that time, said in the response letter that his staff would prepare an estimate of the works for the council to consider among priorities for future years.
