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This morning I had to go to Balmain from home in Kirrawee. 

On the way there and back I took the following photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                The two added little bolts didn't help to keep up the sign in the next photo horizontal.

 

 

 

 

                      

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Dear sir,

I read with great interest your story about the delay in getting a damaged bus shelter replaced in Alfords Point . ("Residents angered by bus shelter loss" Leader May 29)

 Deputy Mayor Steve Simpson has been on the case for months to no avail.

Then the Council resolved to write to the relevant state government agency in the strongest terms, and secure a firm commitment the bus stop be returned to good service.?

Nothing Happened, so Cr Simpson (with support from other Councillors )  wrote to the Roads Minister, The Premier, and  the local MP demanding that the bus shelter be replaced.

All the weight of The Sutherland Council, the Local Liberal MP, a National Party Roads Minister, a Liberal party Premier and no one can find a new bus shelter.

Imagine how frustrated I have been after nearly four years of trying to get the RMS to put up clearway signs properly.

 I naively thought that an email to the then roads Minister Gay, alerting him to an obvious problem would see results.  The brackets used by the RMS to attach the clearway signs to power poles are the same ones used by the Department of Mains roads (DMR), and then the Road and traffic authority (RTA)

The bracket has one coach bolt fastening it to the post or pole, and two small bolts are used to attach the clearway sign.

If the one bolt into the pole isn't fastened tight enough the bracket droops, (a look, ok for fascinators at the Melbourne Cup), but not on signs lining our main roads.

    It's RMSincompetence on display, in Hi-Vis yellow.

But did  Mr Gay, MP Duncan Kerr,  The new Roads Minister Melinda Pavey, The premier, or their minions,  accept a common sense suggestion from an old carpet layer that the bracket needs two bolts?      Not on your nelly.

My website www.schoolzonesanta.com catalogues the saga over the last four years of me trying to get a bit of plain common sense in the clearway sign installation department .

 The photo shown below shows two signs, six months after being  Installed to  "Australian Standards."

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 This morning Thurs 13

I drove along Rocky Point rd Sans Souci and the clearway sign are the old white, and these two caught my eye.

Over Captain Cook Bridge on Taren Point Road the Hi-Vis yellow signs replaced last year are heading south also.