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Speed humps are being installed over controversial and “dangerous” giant polka dots recently painted on a Melbourne road.
Last month, the local council installed the colourful spots on a busy Yarraville street to make cars slow down, but angry parents said they actually entice children to play on the road.
“It does entice the kids to walk onto the road, they just think it’s a playground now,” one concerned parent said.
On Thursday, Maribyrnong City Council Mayor Michael Clarke told 7NEWS the colourful dots did in fact encourage drivers to slow down.
“There has been a clear reduction in speed in the district since we put the polka dots in,” he said.
But after the dots were painted, the council commissioned another safety audit and the concerns about unsupervised children being at risk was raised.
“The recommendation to deal with the risk was that we should put in speed humps,” Clarke said.
“We’ve done that, not just in the area that they should be put in, but we’ve made the decision to be consistent and put these right throughout the area”.
The trial will be in place for about six months until around September.
Clarke said he was surprised at the controversy raised over the polka dots, but understands “there are dimensions to every initiative”.
“This is one of those examples of only after the implementation, we found there was an issue,” he said.
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