Eastern Suburbs and Southern Sydney results released: Rate Your Road survey

12 March 2019

Roads across Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and Southern Sydney have featured in the NRMA’s Rate Your Road survey in the lead-up to the March state election, which collected a record 23,400 responses across NSW.

The survey was conducted to give the local community a say about road congestion and safety in the lead up to the March election. Participants were asked to rate their roads on a scale out of 100 based on safety, congestion and current condition.

Over 1,000 people used Rate Your Road to have their say on local roads across the Eastern suburbs and Southern Sydney areas, including:

Sydney (591 votes)
Randwick (150)
Waverley (138)
Woollahra (118)
Botany Bay (80)

Local roads to feature prominently included:

Eastern Distributor at Moore Park with a rating of 51/100
Old South Head Road with a rating of 49/100
Bondi Road at Bondi with a rating of 55/100

In addition, the roads and highways across the state to receive the most number of overall votes across the whole length of the road and the ratings voters gave each road out of 100 were:

Rank	Road	Votes	Rank out of 100
1	Pacific Highway	1,092	50
2	Princes Highway	720	49
3	Parramatta Road	668	45
4	M5 Motorway	527	50
5	Pennant Hills Road	518	46

NRMA Chairman and local Director Tim Trumper thanked the local community for having their say and assured them that their participation would enable be vital to delivering better outcomes for the Eastern Suburbs and Southern Sydney.

“The NRMA is inspired by the record response we received to our Rate Your Road campaign and the local data we have will be invaluable as we advocate for better transport solutions across the Eastern Suburbs and Southern Sydney,” Mr Trumper said.

“We are not surprised at the response from local residents with a big focus on the Sydney CBD and around Moore Park as a result of construction for the Sydney Light Rail project. The NRMA will be keen to see if these roads feature in coming years after the Light Rail project opens.

“The Eastern Distributor and Bondi Road also featured prominently, as they have in previous years when the NRMA held similar campaigns.

“The NSW Election is just under two weeks away and the NRMA will use the data from this survey to identify local priorities to be addressed by whichever party prevails on March 23.”

Contact: Peter Khoury 0439 133 115