These disgraceful, dangerous, ugly and inappropriate pedestrian crossings are a shameful demonstration of how little regard Palerang Council and the RTA have for Braidwood's fragile heritage landscape. They don't work, aren't finished, are too big, too ugly and totally contrary to the intent of the hard-fought heritage listing that purported to protect Braidwood's significant heritage fabric from hideous modern city intrusions like these. Wallace Street was noted as the most sensitive area in the whole village in heritage terms during that fight and the NSW Heritage Office were supposed to help protect it from this sort of ludicrous rubber stamp planning lifted straight out of the guide book for Castle Hill or Penrith.
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At this point it would be a cheaper and happier option all around to tell the RTA to bugger off, dig up the cement and paint the zebra crossings back. The last time our Council tried to install ghastly modern traffic calming devices in the main street the community was outraged and the project stopped. This time we've been hoodwinked into accepting something we don't want and don't need in place of the straightforward painted lines we all know and understand, which blend with the historic street and have caused no safety issues in nearly 70 years.
Council - rip them out and stand up for your community. Where are the creative, thoughtful planning decisions which satisfy both RMS safety requirements and heritage and aesthetic considerations! You can do so much better!
Antony Davies, President,
Braidwood & District Historical Society
