A crossing on Learmonth Street in Alfredton is dangerous and needs to be fixed before someone is killed, elderly residents say.
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The crossing, near Leopold Street, is unsuitable for people using electric scooters or wheelchairs, and drivers are not obeying the speed limit, according to Terry Gottlieb and Tom Prendergast.
Both men cross the road daily to access the shops and the chemist in Alfredton, and say other people have had issues getting to the McCallum Disability Services centre.
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Mr Prendergast said he's had three falls from his electric scooter in the past few months, as he needed to accelerate rapidly to get to the median break.
"We need to slow the traffic down," he said.
"Someone's going to get killed."
Mr Gottlieb said he had met with the City of Ballarat, and had shown council officers the crossing on the same day a motorist collided with a light pole on the street.
"There's no other safe place to cross, the roundabout's not safe, that's as bad as this," he said.
"We've got to battle to get to the middle and stop - it's narrow, then you have to wait for another lot of cars to come out."
The crossing is in an 80km/h zone, just before it becomes a 60km/h zone.
Mr Gottlieb said even moving the sign slightly might encourage drivers to take more care.
"We believe the sign, at the other end of the estate a block away, should be changed to 60, going all the way from there," he said, adding the ramp to the crossing needed to be redesigned for accessibility.
He warned traffic was increasing as the area grew more residential, and people from estates to the southwest began using Learmonth Street, or Wiltshire Lane, more frequently.
A bus route runs nearby, and there are dozens of trucks, he said, as well as increased traffic during school times.
The City of Ballarat said in a statement it is working with Regional Roads Victoria on a concept design for the Learmonth Street and Sturt Street intersection, inclusive of Learmonth Street to Cuthberts Road.
"Within the concept, it does include a pedestrian crossing but it's still being worked through with Regional Roads Victoria at this point," the statement reads.
"Regional Roads Victoria have responsibility for the speed limits in this area. At this point, the City of Ballarat has not considered an advocacy position in relation to the reduction of the speed limit in this location.
"The City of Ballarat has agreed that ultimately it will be the delivery agent for this infrastructure."
Regional Roads Victoria referred enquiries to council.
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