A petition has been tabled in the NSW Legislative Council calling for a busy Warners Bay intersection to be assessed.
It comes after a 9-year-old girl was hit by a vehicle at a pedestrian crossing in the suburb on July 6, sustaining abdominal injuries.
Members of the Mount Hutton and Windale Residents Action Group have collected 722 signatures in the hopes of getting the crossroad of Warners Bay, Tennent and Progress Roads as well as Dunkley Parade assessed by traffic safety engineers.
Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter Scot MacDonald represented the Residents Group to his colleagues and says even though they're well below the 10,000 signature threshold for parliamentary debate, the petition represents good progress.
"There's not a debate at this stage," he said, "but I don't think that's a bad thing...in fact, there's no argument about the need to review this so even if there was a debate there'd be furious agreement."
Greg Foster from the Mount Hutton group agrees it's a very pleasing step forward.
"Most of our members have been getting down to Lake Macquarie Fair, getting signatures on the petition, and to get so many is a job well done," Mr Foster said.
The state government will now respond and advise an appropriate path forward including encouraging Council to review the roads.
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| Scot MacDonald and Greg Foster in parliament on Thursday. |
