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[Gointocarlton]

Hows this for sheer stupidity, bare with me for a moment.

Bell Street Level crossing removed at a cost of 100's of millions of dollars I would guess. This from the big build website:

The level crossings at Oakover Road, Bell Street, Cramer Street and Murray Road in Preston have been removed by elevating the Mernda Line over the 4 roads, and the new stations at Bell and Preston are now open.

We are working on the new open space underneath the rail bridge. A shared walking and cycling path from Oakover Road through to Murray Road will connect locals to the new stations and open spaces which will feature seating, play areas, BBQ facilities, amphitheatre, and native planting and will be ready for locals to enjoy in early 2023.

Around 82,000 vehicles passed through these former level crossings each day, where the boom gates were down for up to 40% of the morning peak


Note the bold bit. These farkwits have spent 100s of millions of dollars to remove a level crossing and replaced it with a pedestrian crossing? Are they farken mad? That will be fun in the morning and afternoon peak hours as people/cyclists press the button to cross Bell St...not.

There are pedestrian lights at High St 225m to the East and at St Geroges Road 225m to the West. There is also a major bike path on St Georges Road. But nah, lets put another shared path in and continue farking with drivers minds.

U N B E L I E V A B L E !