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NOVEMBER 2 2012 ISSUE 1077
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THE HEARTBEAT OF PENRITH
POLICE SWOOP In a major coup for police, two brothers were arrested on Tuesday and charged with a man’s murder after his remains were discovered earlier this year in bushland in Londonderry. A 34-year-old man was arrested after arriving at Sydney International Airport on a fl ight from Lebanon. Police also arrested a 36-yearold man at Cecil Hills a short time later. Both men were charged.
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State Member for Mulgoa, Tanya Davies, is concerned about the number of accidents on Glossop Street in St Marys. Photo: Melinda Jane.
Ayres defiant over River crossing
Accident zone
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Is Glossop Street a tragedy waiting to happen? 58 of those resulting in injuries. “Out of the 135 reported crashes, 116 crashes occurred at, or within 10 metres of the intersections along Glossop Street,” said a Roads and Maritime Services spokesperson. State Member for Mulgoa, Tanya Davies, said that the high proportion of accidents occurring within just metres of the intersections along Glossop Street indicates that there is a serious problem that needs further investigation. “I have had residents complain about traffic along Glossop Street, particularly cars and trucks who speed above the 60km/hr speed limit here,” she said. “There have also been problems with parking
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lossop Street in St Marys is one of the suburb’s busiest thoroughfares for traffic but it is also one of the most dangerous. As the major route for traffic bypassing the St Marys CBD from the Great Western Highway to cross the rail line, Glossop Street services residential areas as well as St Marys’ industrial centre. Figures show that in the five-year period from January 2007 to December 2011 there were a total of 135 crashes along the busy stretch of road, with
along the street in the left hand lane, which forces the fast moving traffic to merge into the right hand lane – Council was forced to install ‘nostopping’ signs to address the issue.” Glossop Street is a regional road under the care and control of Penrith City Council and so to address the issue, Council’s Local Traffic Committee has resolved to engage a traffic engineering consultant to undertake a Traffic Management Plan and traffic signal design plan for the intersections of Glossop Street with Adelaide Street, Brisbane Street and King Street. An investigation into the possibility of median closures at the intersections has been made a priority by Council.
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