Abypass has been suggested to divert vehicular traffic away from the private town of Nora Creina between Beachport and Robe.
Nora Creina is on land owned by the Cullen family and there is a cluster of 64 leasehold holiday shacks.
The Nora Creina Shackowners Association (NCSA) has been concerned about high traffic volumes and speeding motorists who ignore the 10kph speed limit.
The NCSA recently undertook a traffic survey and used a Number Plate Recognition camera to capture all vehicle movements.
The five-month study period recorded 21,676 vehicle movements past the camera.
Of the total number, it has been estimated in the traffic survey that 18,000 were non-resident vehicle movements.
Robe District Council chief executive James Holyman has prepared a lengthy report for his council about the traffic study and management options such as a bypass.
Mr Holyman said the council has provided public pedestrian access to Nora Creina Beach outside the entry gates to the private settlement.
“The community of Nora Creina would be within their right to stop all public access through the private property,” Mr Holyman said.
“The current track into Nora Creina has two blind hillocks and represents an increasingly hazardous feature with many people ignoring the posted speed limit.
“Therefore, the NCSA are proposing to develop a recreational vehicle access point from Bog Lane, approximately 1.3km south of the crossroads to Nora Creina with a new track then heading west along the current boundary of land owned by Neville Cullen then continuing across the coastal reserve to the beach.”
Mr Holyman said NCSA sees safety as one of the benefits of a bypass
“Safety is improved by diversion of traffic directly onto Bog Lane via a well-designed T intersection on flat land with good sight lines,” he said.
“The growth in tourism will see an increase in traffic in the future and therefore an appropriately designed bypass would reduce traffic volumes through the hamlet.
“There would be a reduction in dust and noise.
“The proposal still allows the tourism experiences for 4WD vehicles to experience.
“The use of the bypass assumes the Nora Creina beach is not the destination, and that travellers are simply accessing the 4WD track through to Beachport from Nora Creina.”
