Footscray Rd path

[Mulger bill]

Watch out when you get to the Dudley St intersection, the powers that be have installed a new pole at the Nth West corner that appears to carry a button for the crossing lights. It's only a shorty and it's right in the middle of the two way kerb cut

It is also unpainted gal pipe which does an excellent job of blending in with the grey of the concrete. I'll get pics tomorrow if it hasn't improved.

[rkelsen]

They'd only just gotten rid of one in the exact same spot!

[Mulger bill]

You sure? Then I musta ridden past it a hundred times without seeing it...

[rkelsen]

My bad. Looks like they moved it about a metre, into the stream of traffic. Why couldn't they put the button for the lights on the lamppost which is right there? This thing is a hazard.

[Mulger bill]

That's the one, a coat of yellow paint at the bare minimum thanks . I wonder who the authority would be?

[jules21]

the powers that be have installed a new pole at the Nth West corner

shaun, did you mean the south-west corner? they took one out of that corner, but seem to have recently replaced it in a similarly perilous position to which you described.

[goodlookingcyclist]

what is it with these people ..

Is it possible to put a picture up of the hazard ?

[Mulger bill]

the powers that be have installed a new pole at the Nth West corner

shaun, did you mean the south-west corner? they took one out of that corner, but seem to have recently replaced it in a similarly perilous position to which you described.

Well I make it the NW corner according to Google maps I hope the link works.

I tried getting pics GLC but my phone cam is a shocker at night. Will try for a daylight shot tomorrow.

Shaun

[jules21]

yeah - you're right. i noticed that one too, it's a shocker. common sense gone missing, assuming it ever existed for whoever is responsible for it.