Slashing speeds a key short-term fix for dangerous Rosanna Road says truck group

By Clay Lucas
Updated November 20 2016 - 11:08pm, first published 6:28pm
Heidelberg residents Natasha Reifschneider and John Francis from local lobby group Resolve Rosanna Road.  Photo: Chris Hopkins
Heidelberg residents Natasha Reifschneider and John Francis from local lobby group Resolve Rosanna Road. Photo: Chris Hopkins
Rosanna Road has become a major freight route, with trucks travelling between the Eastern Freeway and the Metropolitan Ring Road.  Photo: Chris Hopkins
Rosanna Road has become a major freight route, with trucks travelling between the Eastern Freeway and the Metropolitan Ring Road. Photo: Chris Hopkins
Protective barriers on Rosanna Road.  Photo: Supplied
Protective barriers on Rosanna Road. Photo: Supplied
An accident on Rosanna Road, Heidelberg, that blocked evening traffic.  Photo: Supplied
An accident on Rosanna Road, Heidelberg, that blocked evening traffic. Photo: Supplied
One of 14 incidents documented by local lobby group Resolve Rosanna Road.  Photo: Supplied
One of 14 incidents documented by local lobby group Resolve Rosanna Road. Photo: Supplied
Hay spilled by a truck on Rosanna Road.  Photo: Supplied
Hay spilled by a truck on Rosanna Road. Photo: Supplied

Safety issues are so serious on one of the city's busiest suburban arterial roads that the state's truck industry has taken the unusual step of calling for 40-kilometre-an-hour speed limits.

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