The road is becoming more and more popular with vehicle users, walkers, riders and runners using it recreationally from dawn to dusk, according to Cr Darryl Goodwin.

"There is no delineation between pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

"For many years drivers, particularly young drivers have been using the windy dirt road to drift around the tight bends in the dirt.

"The speed they are doing is dangerous to other drivers, passengers, bushwalkers, runners and mountain bike riders," he said.

Cr Goodwin put forward a notice of motion at a meeting on September, 23 for Council to take immediate action into the Hassans Walls Road plan of management.

"It is a high priority, we need to continue with the plan of management of the reserve and look at better catering for pedestrian and vehicular use," he said.

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Councillors voted to reduce the speed of 50 kilometres per hour to 40 and look at other traffic control measures.

Cr Steve Ring said there was a provision for walking tracks in the management plan but they were very expensive.

Council's director of infrastructure services Jonathon Edgecombe said speed limit changes would have to go through Roads and Maritime.

"It is possible to put speed humps, traffic control and devices on unsealed roads, we will just need to write a letter to the RMS," he said.

Lithgow City mayor Cr Ray Thompson said with the road being used more than ever before it was a high priority to ensure the safety of all users.

"I think that more signage would be appropriate more than anything else and I would hope drivers slow down," he said.

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