Community Safety

Extensive community feedback has identified Albury’s worst streets for speeding, leading to heightened police operations in those areas.

Council received 725 submissions that found the worst streets for speeding were:

• Burrows Road
• Kemp Street
• Vickers Road
• Logan Road
• Kaitlers Road

Other highly nominated streets were:

Traffic counters and intersection cameras were used to monitor the area – particularly around Watson, Wilkinson, Hodge and Tenbrink streets – to identify problems and develop solutions.

The problems identified included crashes occurring at the Hodge/Tenbrink intersection and also on Tenbrink Street between Wilkinson and Hodge streets, as well as regular cases of speeding in Watson and Wilkinson streets.

Council traffic engineers have used the results to propose solutions, which include:

The investigations were conducted after residents raised concerns for the safety of motorists and pedestrians.

From Tuesday 8 October, council will begin work on the following changes:

The exercise tested the Albury Airport Emergency Plan, as required by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

Emergency and support workers were faced with a simulated scenario in which an in-bound passenger aircraft had a catastrophic wing failure and crashed to the ground adjacent to the runway.

The aircraft fuselage was represented by buses and volunteers represented the passengers.

AlburyCity Councillor Alice Glachan said the exercise helped airport staff and emergency services to fine tune their knowledge should they ever need it in a real-life airport emergency.

A total of $3.2M will be spent on the project but as LED lights use much less power, last longer, and have lower maintenance costs, the installation expenses will be recovered within four  years.

In fact, the switch to LED is expected to reduce overall costs to the community by $779,000 per year, meaning the savings can be directed towards other projects and services.

AlburyCity Councillor David Thurley said the LED transformation was also good news for the environment.

NSW Roads and Maritime Services will reduce the speed limit on a section of Wagga Road at Springdale Heights next month.

From Monday 2 December, the limit will be changed from 100 kmph to 80 kmph from a point 600 metres north of Kaitlers Road to the Gerogery Road exit.

The limit will revert to 100 kmph from Gerogery Road to the Hume Freeway.

The reduction to 80 kmph matches the existing limit on Gerogery Road and is designed to improve safety for residents and school buses at the entrance to Ettamogah Rise.

The paint emerged in the channel that runs through the off-leash dog park in Logan Road, and although it caused significant discolouration, the contamination did not spread into any natural watercourse.

Pouring any contaminant into any drain is strictly prohibited as it can harm people, animals, watercourses and infrastructure.

The penalties for offending can reach $4,000 for individuals and $8,000 for corporations.

However, paint, oils and other dangerous substances can be safely disposed of at the Albury Waste Management Centre. Disposal of paint and oils is free.

AlburyCity and NSW Police are appealing for the community to help catch a vandal who’s caused thousands of dollars damage to public and private property this week.

Council is offering a $2,000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of the person responsible.

The vandal attacked more than 20 properties on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, spraying the same message on walls around the CBD.

Anyone with information is urged to call NSW Police on 131 444.

The platform, alongside the Wagirra Trail near the Kremur Street boat ramp, provides excellent views of the flying fox colony at Leaney’s Bend.

We’re asking community members to use the platform rather than walking beneath the trees where the flying foxes live to reduce the risk of the animals abandoning the colony and moving to a less suitable location. For this reason, it’s especially important not to allow dogs near the colony.

The raised crossing has been built and is available for pedestrians to use.

New lights to illuminate the crossing are now being installed but until the lights are erected, the crossing will not be designated as ‘pedestrian priority’. This means that for now, pedestrians crossing the road should give way to all vehicles.

A full zebra crossing will be constructed when the lights are installed, meaning pedestrians will then have right of way and vehicles will have to give way to people on foot.