Motorists urged to highlight Queensland’s worst roads
With the State’s road toll tracking towards its highest in a decade, RACQ is calling on motorists to join its advocacy efforts and help identify the Queensland roads that are in urgent need of an upgrade.
The Club today launched its Unroadworthy Roads Survey and wants drivers to pinpoint problem stretches of roads in their community.
RACQ Traffic and Safety Engineering Manager Gregory Miszkowycz said the survey results would be provided to authorities to lobby for safety and infrastructure improvements.
“Whether a road is full of potholes, has narrow lanes, lacks overtaking lanes, has missing or faded line markings, or is the first to go under when it rains, RACQ needs your help highlighting these dangerous roads,” Mr Miszkowycz said.
“By taking part, you can make the roads in your area safer and help save lives.”
During RACQ’s 2020 Unroadworthy Roads Survey, the poor condition and safety along Kin Kin Road in the Noosa hinterland received the most nominations.
The Bruce Highway came in as the State’s second most nominated unroadworthy road.
“Since then, significant funding has been allocated to safety upgrades on these roads and several other roads that ranked highly in past surveys have also received substantial funding in recent years,” Mr Miszkowycz said.
“There’s plenty of work that still needs to be done which is why we’re calling on Queenslanders to take part in this survey which only takes a few minutes to complete.”
RACQ CQ Rescue pilot Leigh Wilkinson said crews have been responding to a catastrophic number of crashes on dangerous regional roads.
“We’ve seen a horror increase in crashes on the Bruce Highway this year,” Mr Wilkinson said.
“Crews are gutted by the number of fatalities we’ve had to respond to, far more than in previous years. We need to work together to make roads safer and taking part in this survey is one of the many ways people can help.”
The survey closes on 11 October and can be completed at racq.com/badroads.