After continous calls for safety improvements around Matamata's deadliest intersection, signage has been installed.
It's a small victory for those advocating for the changes at State Highway 29 and Hopkins Rd, but more still needs to be done, they said.
National MP for Waikato Tim van de Molen visited the intersection on February 1, but left feeling the New Zealand Transport Agency had "dropped the ball" on their promises.
Following a three-car crash where seven people were injured at the intersection in December last year, van de Molen contacted the agency, which committed to installing electronic signs in January.
Waikato MP Tim van de Molen says more needs to be done to improve the safety of the Hobbiton intersection.
But at his site visit, the signage was not yet operational, and in 45 minutes, he witnessed "numerous traffic infringements".
"It's really disappointing when it's such a key safety issue for the area and NZTA aren't treating it seriously.
"I know there needs to be an element of personal responsibility, but the reality is, we need to take better safety steps," van de Molen said.
The increasing desire for safety improvements at the intersection comes after a spate of crashes and near-misses at the site.
In January, Matamata man Steve May was travelling along Hopkins Rd when a rental car turned off State Highway 29 directly into his path.
The car was completely on the wrong side of the road, and May caught the entire confrontation with his dashcam.
More recently, on February 4 after the signs were installed, another three-car crash involving foreign drivers occurred at the intersection.
State Highway 29 was partially blocked for a couple of hours due to an oil spill, Matamata Police said.
NZTA's electronic signage was not operational at the time of a February 4 crash involving three cars.
"That intersection has been a danger spot and increasingly so for a number of years," van de Molen said.
"I'd certainly be very interested to see a business case for a roundabout, to see the cost and potential impact on traffic flow.
"But regardless of whether it's a roundabout, there needs to be a significant improvement.
"These electronic signs and the signage they've done, that all helps, but I don't know if we have reached the end mark of what can be considered an appropriate level of safety."
Van de Molen will meet with NZTA within the next month and also hopes to discuss Morrinsville's dangerous intersection of Avenue Rd and State Highway 26.
Last year, Morrinsville Chamber of Commerce chairman Nigel McWilliam's petition for a permanent roundabout to be installed at the site was declined by Waikato Regional Council despite garnering more than 630 signatures.
At the time, the recommendation was passed onto NZTA under the draft Transport Agency Investment Proposal, and the agency had agreed to look at a temporary roundabout to change driver behaviour.