Tullimbar residents will really have to want a Big Mac bad if they're going to drive to the new McDonald's outlet planned for Albion Park.
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The Macca's in question is proposed for the south-eastern corner of the Tongarra Road-Terry Street intersection.
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Traffic conditions at that intersection will make it hard for some Happy Meal fans to get to the Golden Arches.
For westbound drivers along Tongarra Road, right turns into Terry Street - which boasts the only access to the restaurant - are not permitted between 6am and 6pm.
So residents at Tullimbar will have to take a very long route to get there - making no fewer than six turns to get to Maccas.
It's bad news for Big Mac fans living south of the restaurant as well.
The median strip along Terry Street stops anyone from turning right into the restaurant - again prompting a roundabout route to get there.
It's an issue that didn't go unnoticed by the developer - suggesting it wasn't going to be a particularly busy McDonald's outlet.
The traffic study associated with the proposal identified the no-right-turn problem as well as the median strip.
"McDonald's has advised that based on these constraints and that there is an existing McDonald's located some two kilometres to the east (on the Princes Highway at Albion Park Rail), the proposed McDonald's would be an 'average' trading store," the traffic report stated.
Still, the traffic study found the restaurant could create an impact on traffic through the intersection.
The study said it "would operate with average delays of some 40 seconds per vehicle during the weekday morning and Saturday midday peak hours" and 47 seconds in the afternoon peak.
Some residents at Albion Park have taken to a local community group on Facebook to voice their concerns about the traffic issue.
"For such a small and regional community surrounded by farm/bushland, we should not have to navigate Sydneyesque traffic just because we want a more local Maccas and/or for an unattractive vacant block to be developed sooner than later," wrote Steve Lafiatis.
"I just don't see how such a site of limited access (while being right on the busiest local intersection) can work for any businesses that rely on a lot of drive-through customers."
Lilly Holmes agreed, stating she was opposed to the idea of having any food outlet at that location because it would make for "chaotic" traffic.
But others felt there wasn't any problem with having McDonald's set up on that intersection.
"Honestly I care more about the jobs it's creating and less about the traffic," Natalie Radloff wrote.
"You know why? Because the traffic is already like Sydney and I'm all about creating jobs."
Kacey Dee was also excited about the prospect of McDonald's coming to town.
"Ha I cannot wait! McFlurrys for days," she wrote.
"Praying their new ice-cream machine is not broken."
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