Buoyed by the strong positive response to his petition, Local Member of Parliament, Tony Piccolo has again written to the Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis seeking funding for the upgrading of the Tulloch Road intersection. Mr Piccolo recently started an online petition calling on the State Government to fund an upgrade of the intersection at Tulloch Road and Main North Road. Mr Piccolo said that in a recent visit to the Gawler Green Shopping Centre many locals signed the online petition. “I have also been door knocking in Evanston Park talking to people about the intersection,” Mr Piccolo said. “To date more than 980 people have signed the online petition. “More than 40,000 people have seen the petition through my Facebook page,” he said. Mr Piccolo’s letter to the Treasurer, which was copied to Transport and Infrastructure Minister Stephen Mullighan, said: “I am contacted by constituents on an almost daily basis in relation to the intersection of Tulloch Road and Main North Road, Evanston. I commenced talks with the Town of Gawler, the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure and the developers of the Gawler Green Shopping Centre in 2014 seeking to ensure that appropriate traffic management systems were put in place at the intersection as development occurred. I initially requested that the development approval for the Bunnings store also include a traffic management system, which would see the developers of the site contribute to resolving the issues that were expected to arise at the intersection. Unfortunately in December 2014, the relevant planning authority granted approval for the development of Bunnings at the Gawler Green site without seeking to resolve the issues that were foreseen at the intersection. Again, when the Aldi development was approved, no steps were taken to manage what was already a busy intersection. I recently instigated an online petition to ensure that you are aware of the public demand for this intersection to be improved. To date more than 980 people have signed the petition. As you prepare for the mid-year budget review I ask that you consider funding an upgrade to the Tulloch Road intersection by way of the construction of a roundabout or traffic lights whichever is more appropriate,” Mr Piccolo wrote. Mr Piccolo said that he would continue to seek support for his petition and is planning to be at the Lion’s Market at the Gawler Railway Station this Sunday. To sign the Tulloch Road Intersection Upgrade petition visit http://bit.ly/tullochintersection.