No Way One Way
Inverloch residents opposing the permanent one-way conversion of Surf Parade between Ozone Street and Goroke Street
Inverloch residents opposing the permanent one-way conversion of Surf Parade between Ozone Street and Goroke Street
Bass Coast Shire Council proposes to permanently convert Surf Parade to one-way traffic (east to west, out of town) between Ozone Street and Goroke Street as part of a shared pathway project to the Surf Lifesaving Club.
We fully support the shared pathway — it's a great community asset with State Government grant funding. But the permanent one-way conversion is a separate decision, and it's the wrong one.
The permanent one-way will create inconvenience and safety issues for the community and serious problems for surrounding streets.
Year-round inconvenience for every resident and visitor — to address congestion that only occurs during the 8-week summer peak. The community shouldn't have to live with a permanent change for a temporary problem.
Vehicles will be forced to divert via Goroke Street onto Lohr Avenue and Ripple Drive — narrow residential streets with no footpaths, no kerbing, and where pedestrians including children and elderly residents walk on the road.
A "no right turn" sign or traffic island at Goroke Street won't stop drivers. Experience across Australia shows regulatory signage is routinely ignored, and GPS navigation will quickly route traffic through residential streets.
These photos show the real impact on our streets. Hover over any image to enlarge it.
A wide road with two-way traffic, parking on both sides, and proper kerbing. This shows what can be achieved.
Two photos showing Surf Parade with summer traffic and without. It demonstrates that two-way traffic works perfectly for 44 weeks of the year.
See the streets for yourself. This short video shows the reality of Surf Parade, the Ozone Street intersection, and Lohr Avenue.
Lohr Avenue is too narrow for increased traffic. There are NO footpaths, so residents walk on the road. When cars park on both sides, two-way traffic is almost impossible. This is where diverted traffic would go.
Echidnas and koalas live on and around Lohr Avenue. Increased traffic volume puts our native wildlife at risk.
Look at what's already been achieved on Cuttriss Street, then consider what's being proposed for Surf Parade and the impact on Lohr Avenue.
Wide road with two-way traffic, parking on both sides, and kerbing — proof that a pathway and two-way traffic can coexist.
Outside of the 8-week summer peak, Surf Parade functions well as a two-way road. A permanent change is not the answer.
No footpaths, no kerbing, residents and wildlife share the road. This is where diverted traffic would go — it cannot cope.
These aren't theoretical — they are proven solutions successfully used in other Australian coastal communities facing identical challenges.
Several reputable qualified independent traffic and civil engineers, who are ratepayers of Inverloch, have developed viable schemes that achieve shared pathway, car parking and two-way traffic along Surf Parade — all within the titled Road Reserve spatial allocation. These can be undertaken without encroaching into coastal vegetation and conform to acceptable standards.
Bass Coast Shire already runs the "blue line" temporary traffic system on Phillip Island for MotoGP. If Council can manage that, it can manage a seasonal arrangement on Surf Parade during summer only.
Traffic signals at each end of the 570m section, alternating direction. Used on hundreds of narrow bridges and road sections across Australia. Two-way access preserved — no traffic diverted to residential streets.
Reduce speed to 30–40 km/h and install traffic calming. The pathway construction already narrows the road — work with it. Slower traffic is safer traffic, without diverting vehicles onto Lohr Ave and Ripple Drive.
Noosa's free "Go Noosa" shuttle recorded 300,000+ trips over summer, directly reducing foreshore traffic. A shuttle from the Inverloch Recreation Reserve during the 8-week peak would achieve the same result — no road changes needed.
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