Valerie Golden has complained to the City of Greater Bendigo about the safety of the road base, which she says is lifting and cracked.

“The situation is dangerous,” she said.

“Pavers have broken into pieces and those pieces are a projectile just waiting to fly up and kill or seriously maim a pedestrian.

“Untold damage will also be done to the underside of vehicles driving over the area and passing vehicles hit by pieces of concrete.”

City of Greater Bendigo director of presentation and assets Darren Fuzzard said the paved section had its faults, but he defended the intersection and maintained that pedestrian safety was a priority.

“I’m not aware of there being any incidents,” he said.

“I understand Mrs Golden’s concern but don’t believe it to be a problem.

“We do undertake weekly inspections to make sure if there are any parts of the road that are becoming a problem, that we deal with a few of those now.

“Pedestrians are the important people in this mix – this was very much the intent of ‘Walk Bendigo’ and the intersection.

“The idea was to develop better and safer interaction, and, in this, the project has been a success.”

Mrs Golden also raised concerns about confusion surrounding who had right of way and the “thumping” noises created by pavers moving under traffic that were

a potential nuisance to nearby businesses.

Mrs Golden said a council officer had noted her concerns and she was also given the opportunity to suggest an appropriate course of action.

One suggestion was to place a speed restriction at both ends of the road and signs indicating the intersection was a shared area.

However, she said she was surprised this could not be done.

“I was informed the signage was not possible as VicRoads was responsible for the placement of roadside signs but refused to provide it as they did not approve of the council’s plans for that section of the road,” she said.