Traffic on Victoria Road at Gladesville has worsened since the changes to the Rozelle Interchange,locals say.Credit:Rhett Wyman
Locals living north of the interchange attended Drummoyne’s Oxford Hotel on Monday night to present complaints to transport officials,arguing the changes to traffic light phasing around Rozelle in early February have transformed their section of Victoria Road into a carpark.
Dale Bailey was among more than 120 people who crammed into the pub to voice his concerns directly to Transport for NSW.
“I’ve been travelling to Royal North Shore Hospital from Five Dock for 21 years[for work],usually a pretty good run … now the traffic is backed up past Hunters Hill,” he said. “That used to happen two or three times a year when there was a major accident or an event. It’s happening every day now.”
Bailey said he believed traffic light timing was the main cause of the congestion at Gladesville. He said it was only done “to make Rozelle not look so bad” to cheers and applause from the crowd.
Gladesville and Drummoyne residents gathered to complain about the impact of the Rozelle Interchange.Credit:Wolter Peeters
However,Transport for NSW representatives said the revised traffic light phasing had improved travel times across the area,anddata collected by the agency showed journey times had fallen since the initial delays.
The agency’s daily showed travel from the Gladesville Bridge to the Anzac Bridge at 8.30am took about 30 minutes during the busiest weekdays – Tuesdays,Wednesdays and Thursdays. The same journey on Mondays and Fridays was about 15 minutes.