WHEN will the dangerous Union St intersection be fixed?

That’s the question being asked by residents who have lobbied for something to be done about the busy crossroad in Kilmore.

Anne Rose, president of progress group Kilmore Integrity Kept (KIK), said traffic lights should be installed at the intersection before something tragic happened.

“The way it’s going, it won’t be a priority until someone dies,” she said.

KIK sent a letter to VicRoads three weeks ago asking for an update on its plans for the intersection, but has not received a reply.

“It’s an ongoing issue that has been going for a long time, but Vicroads have done nothing about it,” Ms Rose said.

“It’s really disgusting, because it really is terribly dangerous and it’s such a busy intersection.”

“The big trucks can hardly turn there and there’s so many of them, and you can’t get very good vision, coming from the east. You have to wait for ages, you often can’t see to your right, and sometimes not even your left very well.

“I don’t know what the Victorian Government’s priorities are, but that intersection has way more traffic than a lot of the ones down in Melbourne that have traffic lights, and they have traffic lights in every corner down in Melbourne. Because it’s out of sight, they don’t do anything.”

VicRoads regional director for northern Victoria Mal Kersting said VicRoads had been in discussions with the council to work out a solution for the road.

“We have had discussions with the council over recent years relating to the safe operation of the intersection of Union St and Sydney St in Kilmore, including the consideration of signals at this intersection,” he said.

“In 2008 we carried out improvement works to provide a right turn lane from Sydney St into Union St, as well as line marking to improve safety in Sydney St between Foote and Union streets.

“Proposals for improvement projects such as traffic signals must be considered and evaluated on a statewide basis.”

Mitchell Shire councillor Ross Lee said the council had lobbied heavily for traffic lights at the intersection, and has offered about $250,000 for the establishment of lights.

He said the council and VicRoads had had confidential discussions about the traffic flow in Kilmore, and the details of those talks would soon be released to the public.