Yeah something needed to be done!!
I went to drive in there early at the start of this year and even then it was gridlocked back to the Crown & Anchor... Pathetic!!
I wasn't even going to the foreshore, just over to a friends place and I had to turn around and go back home.
So yes, I can see why they do these things... Especially since this sort of issue was affecting the daily driving of the general public to such an extent.