Safer Local Roads and Streets Program – Speed Limit Reductions

  • Project typeRoad Safety
  • Project value$1,998,000
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Murrindindi Shire Council has received funding under TAC’s Safer Local Roads and Streets Program (SLRSP), in partnership with the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) to deliver road safety signage upgrades, speed limit reviews and other road safety works at 8 locations across the Shire.

These locations were selected to target areas within the shire that recorded a high Infrastructure Risk Rating (IRR). The IRR is a measure of road safety risk based on the road attributes, including alignment, lane width, roadside hazards, traffic volumes and other road features. These IRR results were compared against the Council’s Road Safety Strategy to ensure constancy between the calculated risk and the historic risks recorded in the strategy or observed in previous community feedback.

The following works, including speed limit reductions, are proposed at each site to deliver road safety improvements under the Safe Systems approach. Download the pdf for a zoomable look at the proposed works.

Feedback is closed for this project.

Jerusalem Creek Road, Eildon

  • Road signage and curve warning improvements
  • Proposed Speed Limit Reduction to 60 km/h past the Embankment Rd intersection

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Skyline Road and U T Creek Road, Eildon to Devils River

  • Road signage and curve warning improvements
  • Curve alignment markers on high-risk curves
  • Proposed Speed Limit Reduction to 60 km/h on highlighted sections

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Ghin Ghin Road, Ghin Ghin to Highlands

  • Road signage and curve warning improvements
  • Curve alignment markers on high-risk curves
  • Proposed Speed Limit Reduction to 80 km/h on the highlighted sections surrounding the existing 80 km/h Highlands speed zone
  • Investigate safety barrier design for 2 curves

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Killingworth Road, Killingworth

  • Road signage and curve warning improvements
  • Curve alignment markers on high-risk curves
  • Proposed Speed Limit Reduction to 80 km/h on the highlighted road sections

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McMahons Road, Kinglake

  • Proposed Speed Limit Reduction to 40 km/h to extend the existing 40 km/h speed zone to the Kinglake-Glenburn Rd intersection
  • Installation of a raised, ‘wombat’ style, pedestrian crossing with signage and possible lighting upgrade
  • Upgrades to bus stopping area
  • Extensions to pedestrian fencing

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Extons Road, Kinglake Central

  • Road signage and curve warning improvements
  • Proposed Speed Limit Reduction to 80 km/h on the highlighted section

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Yarck Road and Top Road, Ruffy to Terip Terip to Gobur

  • Road signage and curve warning improvements
  • Curve alignment markers on high-risk curves
  • Install rumble strips at the Ruffy Rd, Top Rd and Yarck Rd intersection
  • Proposed Speed Limit Reduction to 80 km/h on the highlighted road sections

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Whanregarwen Road, Molesworth to Whanregarwen

  • Road signage and curve warning improvements
  • Curve alignment markers on high-risk curves
  • Pavement widening and safety barrier extension on high-risk curves
  • Line of site improvements at Scrubby Creek Rd intersection
  • Improved visibility of the Rail Trail crossing
  • Proposed Speed Limit Reduction to 80 km/h on all sections

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