IMPORTANT changes are set to be made around River Road to improve safety for motorists and pedestrians.
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The road, located in Kelso, runs alongside the Macquarie River near the Denison Bridge.
Mayor Bobby Bourke said the biggest concerns with this road are how narrow it is and the level of visibility near the bridge.
Both issues are particularly troubling when the road is used by cars, heavy vehicles and pedestrians.
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To combat how narrow the road is, Bathurst Regional Council's traffic committee has approved the installation of no parking signs part-way along the road.
Cr Bourke said some parking spaces would be lost, but not a great deal.
"There is still plenty of room for parking," he said.
To improve visibility, Cr Bourke requested the removal of a tree on the corner of River Road and Lions Club Drive, which has occurred.
These changes, he said, will only add to the other safety measures that council has implemented around River Road, including a installing a guard rail and line marking.
"The traffic committee have approved to have no parking signs there. Having the tree removed is an operational thing we are doing and hopefully that will take away some of the issues we have here because it is a blind corner," Cr Bourke said.
"It's been an issue for the last couple of years. I've brought it up, Jacqui [Rudge] as a new councillor has brought it up, and other councillors are aware it's an issue."
Cr Rudge brought up River Road as recently as October, speaking about the issue at that month's policy committee meeting of council.
She checked on the progress of getting no standing signs for the area near Denison Bridge and thanked the director of Engineering Services for council's efforts to repair a substantial pothole, which she had brought up to council at an earlier meeting.
"It's fantastic, you won't lose your car down there now. That has been repaired very well," she said.
When asked if the speed limit also needed to be reduced to improve safety, Cr Bourke said no.
"It's not a high density area. I think that if people stick to 50 kilometres per hour, it's not an issue," he said.