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Mercer Street is the entrance to our city.It must invite visitors to our city and make them want to spend time here. While a ring-road is needed for people to skirt the edges of Geelong easily if they desire, we should not be discouraging visitors from calling in and enjoying the delights that Geelong has to offer. What do we have now?Mercer Street was modified early in the current revitalization of Geelong’s city streets. A large, tiered median strip was built which occupies a significant amount of previously useable road space. This has resulted in the traffic lanes now being too narrow. Following a recent accident between two trucks in Mercer Street, a local newspaper measured the lane widths to be 2.75 metres, only marginally wider than the maximum legal width of a truck or bus. It is not surprising to read of numerous doors being removed from parked cars by passing vehicles, and the recent accident between two trucks only serves to further highlight the dangerous situation that has been created by our council’s road modifications. In this accident, 100 litres of diesel fuel was spilt, closing the street for two hours. Had one of the vehicles been carrying a more dangerous, perhaps toxic, substance the result could have been much more serious. This accident also highlights the lack of a suitable road for carrying toxic and dangerous goods to and from the industrial areas east of Geelong. Perhaps a rail spur should be built to the Moolap Station Road area and also to Alcoa to remove these trucks from the streets of Geelong. Is Mercer Street Safe?Read what Councillor Shane Dowling said in August 2004 But give him credit for realising now that the changes
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