It comes as serious concerns continue to be raised over the Dobney Avenue and Pearson Street roundabouts.

The council’s Wagga Integrated Transport Strategy (WITS) was due to be handed over to councillors this month, but has been delayed by several months due to consultants needing more time to delve into specific details of the complicated review.

Committee 4 Wagga (C4W) chief Chris Fitzpatrick said until the report was finalised, the community would continue to speculate on what need to be done at the city’s worst traffic hazards.

“It needs to be done,” Mr Fitzpatrick said.

“The longer it takes, the greater the opportunity for an adhoc approach to the issue.” 

Mr Fitzpatrick said C4W will be meeting for a review on its 2014 strategy plan on Tuesday next week.

“Now that the levee bank and the Riverina Intermodal and Logistics Hub have been finalised, we can start to focus on other areas,” he said.

Mr Fitzpatrick pointed to a few other pieces of infrastructure around the city that could become a higher priority than the notorious roundabouts – the Marshalls Creek Bridge on Hammond Avenue and the road and foot bridges over the railway line in light of the inland rail project.

Wagga mayor Rod Kendall said the WITS report has been shunted to October – after the local government election.

He said the delay to the transport strategy was disappointing, but would rather get it right.

“The report will determine the works around the city for the next six to eight years,” Councillor Kendall said.

He said the roundabouts on Pearson Street were often brought up, but thought the Fernleigh/Glenfield Road roundabout was more of a bottleneck.

“The whole travel path (along Glenfield Road to Charles Sturt University) comes up a lot,” he said.

“The Gobba Bridge flows OK, it’s just when there’s slower traffic (such as a tractor) it becomes a problem.”

Addressing the rail bridges, he said the plan would be more likely to lower the railway line rather than build new bridges over it.

“But the footbridges (near Brookong Avenue and the railway station) would have to be rebuilt.”