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The Hon. PETER PRIMROSE [10.34 p.m.]: Recently the Hon. Charlie Lynn, my neighbour in Camden south, gave a somewhat satirical overview of the trip by car from Camden to Sydney. Closer to both of our homes in Camden south is an area known as the Camden bypass. It is a long, good road that has recently been upgraded. By definition, it bypasses Camden. Before the expressway went through, it was one of the major routes to Canberra. During recent years major residential areas have developed on the east and west sides and each residential area is inaccessible from either side of the motorway. The only access way is approximately six kilometres from Camden south. The motorway is otherwise impossible for pedestrians to cross. An area near the Camden south nursing home is traversable but, other than that, walls and bridges, including the one-kilometre long Macarthur bridge, make it impossible for pedestrians to cross the motorway.
I am sure the Hon. Charlie Lynn, the honourable member for Camden and others would be well practised at dodging young people who are moving back and forth across the motorway to and from school and dodging people who are trying to get through spaces in the fence late at night. That is very dangerous in a 100 kilometre an hour zone. I am pleased that the Roads and Traffic Authority [RTA] recently indicated to Camden Council that it proposes to fund construction of a pedestrian overbridge in the area. Some people in the local community have expressed concern that a pedestrian overbridge may open up the area to what they have described as hoodlums, but it will merely open up the area to other residents. I urge Camden Council to take up this great opportunity to protect young lives along the Camden bypass by approving the bridge.
Motion agreed to.
The House adjourned at 10.37 p.m.
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