The busy section of road at the Dobney Avenue and Pearson Street intersection has been a sore point for Wagga drivers for years, with scores of minor bingles, and a couple of more serious incidents, where vehicles have crashed into the nearby stormwater drain.

Traffic watchdog Gary Gurtner, whose business is close to the notorious thoroughfare, said the two roundabouts should be removed.

He said Pearson Street should be the main road with stop signs installed on Dobney Avenue for traffic looking to enter onto Pearson Street.

The well-known businessman said Dobney Avenue was not a main thoroughfare and taking the roundabouts out would ease congestion.

“Traffic lights would be the ultimate thing,” Mr Gurtner said.

“I reckon the stop signs are the cheaper option, but the two roundabouts in front of Bunnings should be taken out, there should be straight through traffic onto the overpass.”

Mr Gurtner drives on the roundabout: “in the morning, at night, and a couple of times in between”.

“I’ve seen some accidents, and I’ve had some awfully close calls,” he said.

“The whole thing is really a shambles, the whole thing really needs to be developed.”

William George also knows the perils of the intersection.

He was involved in an accident there 10 years ago.

Mr George didn’t agree with Mr Gurtner that stop signs were the answer, saying doing so would just move the problem to another area.

“There’s a lot of traffic coming in from Chaston Street and the car yard area of Dobney Avenue,” Mr George said.

“(If stop signs were installed) the traffic would move to other intersections, like Edward Street.”

He would like to see the two existing roundabouts replaced by one large one, similar to the ones found in Canberra.

“You’d have to keep dual lanes, though,” Mr George said.

“Trucks use the road – it can’t be as narrow as it already is.”

Council strategic planning manager Liz Rankin said the Wagga Integrated Transport Strategy (WITS) would address the contentious section of road.

“The Wagga Wagga Integrated Transport Strategy will contain an evaluation of the functioning of the Glenfield Road Corridor, which includes the double roundabouts at Dobney Avenue,” Ms Rankin said.

“To improve the functioning of the Glenfield Road Corridor, the newly updated  Wagga Traffic Model is being used to assess a number of possible improvements for the double roundabout, including two separate staggered signalised T-junctions with high-capacity turning facilities.

“The results of the evaluation will be discussed with the RMS in the coming weeks as part of its Urban Corridor Study and final recommendations will be made available as part of the WWITS when it is presented to council.”