A plan to divert heavy vehicles from the main street of Hahndorf has angered some Adelaide Hills residents, who say the South Australian government’s proposed bypass is too dangerous.
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00:00 Navigating this narrow stretch of road near Harnedorf isn't easy for truck driver Ben Simmons.
00:08 The trailer's crossing the white line and the steering wheel's rubbing on the edge of the road.
00:14 This is where an estimated 130 heavy vehicles a day will travel from November after being banned from Harnedorf's main street.
00:23 I had no option but to drive on or over the centre line, even on a blind corner.
00:30 Lucky there wasn't a lot of traffic. I'd hate to meet a large vehicle coming the other way.
00:35 Residents living nearby are just as fearful. More than 500 have signed a petition against the plan.
00:42 We're near an off-camber corner. If a truck was to come around there at too high a speed and lose control,
00:47 basically that truck would go straight into my children's bedroom.
00:50 The government's chosen River Road as the preferred bypass of the tourist town since scrapping the former Liberal government's planned interchange with the Southeastern Freeway.
01:00 It will spend $40 million upgrading the route.
01:03 Obviously we want to make sure that the community is as safe as possible.
01:07 The best way to make the community safe up there is to divert trucks off of Harnedorf's main road.
01:14 The opposition says it expects trees and homes will have to be bulldozed, describing the plans as a band-aid solution that could be deadly.
01:23 If it's dark, if it's wet, and heaven forbid, if you had one truck coming in the opposite direction, this is just impossible and it must be stopped.
01:32 A long road ahead to find a workable solution for Heal's communities.
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