By Jessica Anstice
The heavily congested Clyde Road is continuing to cause chaos and headaches for drivers.
Rachael Gardiner said at around 5.30pm some nights on Clyde Road, it can take her up to 20 minutes to travel from the Berwick train station to Greaves Road.
“Clyde Road is atrocious, it’s impossible to get to Kangan Drive and the traffic stops at Harkaway Road,” Robyn Sullivan said.
“It took me 1.15 hours to get from Timbarra to St John of God Hospital on a Wednesday afternoon; it’s terrible.
“Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road is nearly as bad anytime of the day and it’s become a misery getting through traffic in Berwick.”
Daniela Bressan said Clyde Road from Thompson Road through to Patterson Road is highly congested. She suggested to get rid of single lane roundabouts and make it two lanes all the way.
Berwick resident Paul Elmer said Clyde Road, Soldiers Road, the Kangan Drive roundabout, Harkaway Road, Clyde Road and the Monah Freeway are the worst congested roads in the region.
“I have lived in the Kingsmere Estate since 2002 and use all of these roads to get in and out of the Berwick area,” he said.
“If you travel on these roads at the wrong time you’re screwed, even on weekends now. They just can’t cope with demand.
“In peak times there are no options but to cut through various housing estates to skip the blocked spots. There is too much focus on adding more houses before road upgrades.”
Mr Elmer said peak hour on the Monash Freeway is bad and he uses the Clyde Road exit to get on and off the freeway.
“It’s the worst for me on the exit in the evenings. It just bottlenecks because so much traffic wants to get off the freeway and so much wants to go to and from Pakenham,” he said.
“The congestion is hit and miss with either pushing back from Clyde Road to either the Narre Warren exits to even around Ernest Wankie exit. I exit at Ernest Wankie exit and go around the back of Berwick.
“With fatigue being a big issue with drivers in any situation congested roads are only going to increase this problem in drivers.”
Alan Ferrance said Clyde Road should have been duplicated prior to opening all of the new housing developments.
This is the last week for your chance to nominate the worst congested roads in the region via our online poll.
Nominate or vote for a road that needs fixing urgently here: starcommunity.com.au/competitions/
