Perth City planners suck!

With the jump in population WA has seen with the mining boom in the recent years, the roads (especially in peak hour) have seemed to get worse. But instead of fixing the problem, the local councils and Main Roads have done some utter stupid moves .. here's a few that I experience every day:

Beaufort Street
Anyone who lives north east of Perth and works in/near the city will know the pain in the ass that is Beaufort Street. The Town of Vincent decided that parking on the road during the day is OK but is a clearway in peak hour. This simply has not worked, even if the Ranger is out issuing fines for infringing parkers. I think it should be better to tow the fuckers away, as 1 car can make a whole lot of mess in the Mt Lawley area.

Further down, near Inglewood, the stupid bus lane restricts peak hour traffic to ONE lane. What makes it worse is that people wish to turn right onto side streets and can stop traffic completely. People who travel on the bus lane risk getting a fine as sometimes there are pigs who pull over motorists using it. Yep .. very smart...

Fitzgerald Street
So Beaufort Street is a shit to drive on, the next best option is to take Fitzgerald. However, at the moment, there are roadworks for the second time this year, in the same location. After the first month or so stint of roadworks, they resurfaced it, made it all nice and smooth only to rip it up again. What is even worse, is that they are doing roadworks DURING peak hour, stopping traffic to get trucks through etc etc. Smart one that.

William Street
Some bright spark decided to make a 4 lane road to 2 lanes. Enough said.

The only other alternative for north easters is Guildford Road and is just as busy. And public transport is shit. With the amount of extra tax the government is getting, along with one of the biggest housing booms (and extra stamp duty to boot), you'd think some of it could be used to further develop our roads and traffic problem. However, it appears they wish to do the exact opposite.