RESIDENTS of Riverglades Resort have pleaded with the transport minister to build a safe access way into the village from Pinjarra Road before lives are lost.
The lifestyle village, which is near the Serpentine Bridge in Furnissdale, is home to nearly 400 senior residents.
Riverglades committee chair Ron Green said the residents had been voicing their concerns about the "dangerous" road conditions, when driving in and out of the resort, for several years.
"We would like a slip road because at the moment we are pulling off onto gravel," he said.
"There hasn’t been an accident yet but one of these days someone is going to come off and lose control of their vehicle.
"The average age in here has to be close to 80, we even have a resident who is 92 and still driving."
On Wednesday morning more than 100 residents met with Mandurah MP David Templeman outside the resort to voice their concerns.
“Another safety hazard is the bus stop, it’s a very popular and important bus stop so we don’t want it moved,” he said.
“The slip way should include a designated off road bus stop."
Mr Templeman said he was concerned by the lack of street lighting.
“In winter it is black and these are older people, they are more vulnerable, we need to make it safer,” Mr Templeman said.
Mr Templeman delivered their grievances to parliament on Thursday morning asking Transport Minister Dean Nalder for a west bound slip road and more street lights at the entrance of the resort.
Mr Nalder told Parliament he appreciated the concerns of the residents, but said Main Roads would not be building a slip road.
"It is difficult to justify the expenditure of public funds to improve a driveway to what is essentially a private development, particularly as there have been no reported crashes at this driveway in the past 10 years," he said.
"For Main Roads to allocate funding to improve this private driveway would create an equity issue for many other private developments, as well as direct scarce resources away from numerous other unfunded improvements across the road network for the greater benefit of the community."
Mr Nalder said he would make officers from the Public Transport Authority available to discuss the bus stop with residents.
