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Must keep clear IN THE past 10 years, Cranbourne North resident Fran Ryan has attended three fatalities and numerous serious crashes at the intersection close to her home. The loud bang as cars collide at the South Gippsland Highway and Waverley Park Drive intersection is all too familiar for the former nurse, who runs out to each crash to help where she can. That is why she is leading a push to have ‘keep clear’ markings established on the South Gippsland Highway, at the intersection, to try and put a stop to drivers being put in danger each time they negotiate the intersection during peak times. Ms Ryan said during the peak hours, it was almost impossible to make a right turn into Waverley Park Drive, or make a right turn out of it, onto South Gippsland Highway. “The traffic is banked up and at a standstill and no-one lets you cross,” she said. “Because it is two lanes, plus a turning lane, you effec-
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tively have to negotiate three lanes and hope all drivers will let you safely across. “One car might stop and wave you through, and then another car in the next lane won’t. “It’s a nightmare. People are taking chances and it’s ending in too many crashes.” Ms Ryan said she had put her house on the market because she had had enough of the traffic problems, but hoped the problem would be fixed for other residents. She said she was not the first in the neighbourhood to sell up because of the problem intersection. “I’ve attended more than a handful of crashes there in the past 10 years, with three of those being fatal,” she said. “One young boy was only 19 years old. I couldn’t save him. “I can hear the bang every time there’s a crash. “It is instinct to run down and see what you can do to help. “I’ve had enough.” Continued page 3
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