A LOGAN councillor has taken the city's acting chief executive officer to task over choked and poor roads in her division.
Division 11's Natalie Willcocks also lamented a lack of communication between roads bosses and councillors regarding work on the streets, leading to anger from frustrated motorists when their journeys are affected.
Cr Willcocks addressed Silvio Trinca at this week's council meeting, after an incident on the Springfield Greenbank Arterial Road last week during the afternoon rush hour.
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Mr Trinca said work was conducted on a priority basis across the city.
Roadworks, which Cr Willcocks said she was not aware were happening, turned some commuters' trips from 20-30 minutes to one and a half hours.
A number of constituents complained via email and social media, and Cr Willcocks said Jordan MP Charis Mullen also rang.
Cr Willocks said the roadworks' timing was a disaster waiting to happen,
"With still only one lane each way on a main trunk road leading into and out of the division, this puts further fuel in the residents bellies to berate council and me on the appalling road infrastructure that exists for the residents in the division," she said.
"This isn't the first time that an accident or roadworks has ground division 11 road networks to a halt, it won't be last, until we get some much needed infrastructure improvements.
"I didn't know about the planned road works between the 1 and 30 of March occurring on the arterial, until something had gone wrong.
"This would seem like common courtesy for the branches to advise councillors, yet it happens time and time again where we don't know what is planned or when things go wrong.
Cr Willcocks said councillors should know about planned roadworks sooner, so they can pass on the information to residents.
"Mr Acting CEO, where was the communication for not just myself, but for the thousands of residents that use this road on their daily commute," she said.
"Where is the apology from council for the lack of communication to those drivers. Nothing on socials, nothing communicated to the divisional councillor, either by phone or email, about what was happening.
"Nothing but silence."
Cr Willcocks said residents needed an alternative to Teviot Road, which has been left full of potholes after heavy rain in the area. A notorious intersection with Middle Road is also troublesome for drivers.
"... there is still no infrastructure in place where we can divert residents who need to drive to work or school and not get stuck in a hours worth of traffic to travel 5km," she said.
Mr Trinca said there was no simple solution to the city's roads woes.
"The intersection of Middle Road and Teviot Road is not an easy fix. If it was an easy fix, it would already have been progressed," he said.
"All projects are prioritised, all projects have to be considered on merit.
"There is no doubt that the growth will continue to impact our road network throughout the council."
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