A BAERAMI resident since mid-2013, Mark Brewer has long had concerns about his daily commute.
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He travels along Bylong Valley Way at least twice a day, to and from home.
Mr Brewer said he has been worried about the state of the road since buying his property in 2010.
“We have been concerned since then as we have witnessed too many near misses, accidents; and had to swerve to avoid oncoming traffic,” he said.
Mr Brewer said he had submitted a formal request about the issue to Muswellbrook Shire Council, via their website.
“The main concern is drivers not staying on their side of the road around bends or along any stretch of the road,” he said.
Mr Brewer said there had been an increase in the amount of traffic too, which included semi-trailers, B-doubles and trucks.
He has seen a variety of vehicles on the road, from horses to mining and construction equipment; as well as families on holiday with vans and trailers; and weekend users on motorbikes.
“With the amount of near-misses and accidents that have already happened on this road, I think it is a matter of ‘when’, not ‘if’, there will be a death from a head-on collision,” Mr Brewer said.
In the meantime, Mr Brewer said he was hoping for a white line on all the road’s bends to show motorists which side was theirs, before meeting oncoming traffic.
“This line will also aid [drivers] in winter when there is thick fog and you can only see the reflective markers to judge the edge of the road,” he said.
“In some spots, they are spread out so you just drive slow and stay straight.”