Is this Sydney’s worst roundabout? Drivers perplexed by bizarre new intersection

A new roundabout in Sydney’s south-west is causing chaos after decision makers seemingly missed the memo that the intersections usually work best when they are round.

It’s in the name after all, but a roundabout that opened in Austral last week is in the shape of a diamond.

Aerial footage of the intersection of Twenty-Eighth Avenue and Fifteenth Avenue shows one driver in a ute doing a three-point turn to navigate the narrow corner of the diamond.

Moments later, two cars appear not to understand the intersection is supposed to operated as a roundabout, cutting across the diamond-shaped markings on the road completely.

It would be comical if it weren’t so dangerous. Councillors have promised to visit the site on Friday, to “do something about it”, Nine News reported.

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Nine’s Today show spoke to Liverpool City Councillor Peter Ristevski on Friday morning to congratulate him on building “Australia’s worst roundabout”.

Ristevski, who is a critic of Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun, said the roundabout was “quite embarrassing”.

“I’ve asked for an investigation into this and in particular what it’s going to cost us to rectify this,” Ristevski said, alluding to the local council’s financial difficulties.

“My inbox last night was bombarded with 200 to 300 responses saying, ‘what is going on? You guys can’t even build a roundabout’. They’ve pretty much lost confidence in the council and which is very concerning at the moment.”

Liverpool City Council has been contacted for comment.

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