Living Here
Council alerting motorists of line-marking changes at popular roundabout
Motorists will soon notice a change to traffic flow at the Agnes Street/French Street roundabout, commonly referred to as the QAL roundabout, with line-marking changes to take place from next week.
Gladstone Regional Council will have crews at the site on Wednesday 15 September and Thursday 16 September to undertake the works.
The works will include line-marking changes and installation of warning signs.
Gladstone Region Deputy Mayor Kahn Goodluck said the most notable change will be for inbound traffic heading towards Toolooa Street and eventually through to Gladstone City.
“The roundabout intersection has been identified as being close to the entry of a nearby service station with short stopping distances required for motorists entering the service station,” Councillor Goodluck said.
“This situation had the potential to be problematic for motorists who may have been required to slow down or stop behind vehicles entering the service station.
“As a result, the approach to the roundabout for motorists will change from the current two lanes of through traffic to a left turn only for traffic in the left lane, with the right lane for through traffic or for a right turn.
“Being a high-traffic area, Council wants to inform the public regarding these changes so motorists can make adjustments to this change.”
Council advises that traffic management will be in place on September 15-16 while these works are carried out and to adhere to any changed road conditions and speed limits.
Please visit www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/public-notices-outages#roads to keep up to date with this project.
See Also
