The council recently resealed and updated the linemarking on Anson Street between Moulder Street and Torpy Street, which included the removal of a central median strip next to the pedestrian crossing.

But a report to councillors on Tuesday night said a number of complaints had followed, including safety concerns from NSW Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) regarding traffic behaviour.

Technical services director Ian Greenham said he called an extraordinary meeting of the City of Orange Traffic Committee because he did not want to wait until the next meeting scheduled later this month.

“Because we’ve got the narrow lanes, we’ve provided the perception that there’s perhaps two lanes in each direction where in effect, we only provide one,” he said. 

Mr Greenham said making the single lane clearer would also make the crossing safer. 

“If you have more than one lane in each direction, you can’t actually have a pedestrian crossing,” he said. 

“This will facilitate a better flow of traffic through there.”

He said the median had previously stopped righthand turns into the Moulder Park netball court car park.

“The intent is to keep that parking area as left-in, left-out,” he said. 

Councillors voted to endorse the proposed fix, which would include a linemarked median as a temporary arrangement. 

“The RMS’s concerns in particular with this was not only compliance with one lane in each direction, but the banking up of right-turning traffic into that parking facility across the zebra crossing,” he said. 

It would also return the roundabout flow at the intersection of Moulder and Anson streets to a two-lane in, one-lane out, consistent with other roundabouts in Orange.  

The 40km/h speed marking, currently painted across the parking and traffic lanes, will be moved completely into the traffic lane.

There is a plan to install kerb extensions around the pedestrian crossing, similar to Catherine McAuley Catholic Primary School in Hill Street, subject to funding.

The work will be completed within the next week.

The Department of Education declined to comment.