THE announcement of a $5 million upgrade for the Camp Cable Road and highway intersection has drawn a mixed response from the community.
Most have welcomed the news however some have declared it “too little, too late”.
The state government announced the funding in its 2015-16 Budget, released last Tuesday.
Final design work is yet to be completed, with the works to start in 2016.
The funding followed the death a 73-year-old Logan Village man at the intersection in April.
Logan Country Safe City Group president David Kenny was among those who welcomed it last week.
“I’m really pleased that they’re spending that amount of money at Camp Cable,” he said.
“It gives them great opportunity to do something with the intersection rather than just stick traffic lights there.
“But of course the devil will be in the detail, because we do not know yet what is going on.”
Mr Kenny said the intersection was in need of an interchange but in the meantime would benefit from other safety improvements.
He said the Logan Country Safe City Group had lobbied for a speed limit reduction and traffic lights at the corner but trusted road engineers to come up with a plan.
“The experts, they’ll get the design and then we’ll look at it but we’re just happy it’s coming,” he said.
“All we want to see is the intersection (made) safer, that’s our priority.”
Some in the Jimboomba community did not share Mr Kenny’s optimism.
Times reader Therese Hinson said on the Times’ Facebook page $5 million would not be enough.
“Lights will cause further congestion and increase frustrations, Camp Cable needs an overpass like they did for Crowson Lane,” she said.
Fellow reader Steve Browitt said any works to the intersection needed to be a part of a wider highway upgrade.
“How about taking a sensible approach and continue upgrading to two lanes from Park Ridge to Jimboomba and then standardize the speed the whole way at 90 to 100km/h,” he said on Facebook.
“Blind Freddy could see that is the more sensible option.”
