In a democracy the wishes of the majority are supposed to apply. The minority is supposed to make way for the needs of the majority - and yet we have a glaring example of the opposite at Heathcote.
The main road link between Wollongong and Sydney is the F-6, which at Waterfall simply becomes renamed " the Princes Highway " and continues as a six lane divided road.
These six lanes become a traffic jam when they reach the traffic lights at Heathcote. For an inexplicable reason the speed limit drops to fifty kph - and three lanes become two because of kerbside parking outside a handful of shops. At morning and afternoon peak this jam stretches back to Waterfall.
The illogical thinking behind the refusal to implement a clearway at peak is the demand by those shopkeepers that customers be allowed to park at their door instead of using available off street parking.
It is a clear example of the many being inconvenienced for the benefit of the few !
Apparently it will take a change of government for sanity to prevail !
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