Cannot flipping wait! Nothing worse than being in the centre lane in town, needing to take a left turn but the left lane has 6 B-doubles in it, all nose to tail, all hard on it between lights.

I honestly doubt there's going to be much impact on businesses. Anyone stopping was probably planning to stop anyway, and the traffic that's going around never had any intention. The only place that might lose out a little bit is the service centre on the south side of town, but I'm sure BP and Maccas and Subway will figure something out.

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Anyone stopping was probably planning to stop anyway

It seems likely to me that people will make the same number of stops in their trip from Brisbane to Sydney or wherever. But where before they might've stopped at the Big Banana or elsewhere in Coffs, now they might drive another half hour before they pull off, or stop a bit earlier. So Coffs might lose out, but the Mid North Coast region as a whole probably won't be negatively affected.

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[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 1 point 1 month ago

I suspect very few people are stopping at the banana unless that's their destination. It's not a convenient stop. On the northbound side you've got the south Coffs BP service centre, then half an hour each side Nambucca and halfway creek, all far better options than the banana for a road stop.

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