Senator the Hon Carol Brown
Funding for 47 new Black Spot projects in Victoria
Funding under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program will substantially improve 47 dangerous crash sites on Victorian roads in 2022–23.
The state will receive $18.4 million under the Black Spot Program’s 2022–23 funding round.
The Black Spot Program funds safety measures such as traffic signals and roundabouts at locations where a number of serious crashes are known to have occurred, or are at risk of occurring.
The 47 Black Spot projects across Victoria will make an important contribution towards reducing serious injuries and deaths on local roads, and build on previous investments in the state.
Black Spot Consultative Panels provide the opportunity for stakeholders to have a say in the project selection process, and ensure that nominations of the highest priority and importance to the local community are recommended for approval.
The panel that reviews priorities for the program in Victoria includes representatives from the Traffic Management Association of Australia, Victorian Transport Association, Victoria Police, Road Safety Victoria, the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria and the Victorian Department of Transport.
For more information on the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program, or to nominate a black spot, visit investment.infrastructure.gov.au/funding/blackspots.
A list of funded projects is available below.
Quotes attributable to Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Carol Brown:
“This major investment is part of the Australian Government’s commitment to building safer roads.
“The Australian Government has committed $110 million per year to the Black Spot Program to improve road safety across the nation.
“In announcing these new projects, this Government recognises the importance of working with the Victorian Government to partner with local councils to deliver the program in the state.
“This Government is investing in road safety right across the nation to ensure Australians get home safely every trip.”
Quotes attributable to Federal Member for Bendigo and Chair of the Victorian Black Spot Consultative Panel Lisa Chesters:
“The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics has found that Black Spot projects reduce the number of crashes causing death and injury by 30 per cent on average.
“This investment in Black Spot projects will deliver safer roads throughout the state.”
Victorian Black Spot Program 2022–23
|
Project Name |
Proposed Treatment |
Australian Government Contribution |
Council |
|
Bogong High Plains Road |
Install safety barriers, new advance warning signage at corners, dragon's teeth linemarking on corner approaches, new guideposts and audio tactile centerline |
$299,218 |
East Gippsland |
|
Quarry Road |
Install safety barriers at two bends. Improve delineation, including curve warning, road markings, raised pavement markers, advisory speed signs and install safety barriers. Reduced lane width around bends using edgelines |
$265,000 |
Latrobe City |
|
Ironbark Road |
Seal shoulders, install traffic islands, kerb and channels, safety barriers, and signage and improve delineation |
$1,203,000 |
Nillumbik |
|
Wood Street |
Install midblock pedestrian crossing facilities and median turn lane. Install shared path and footpath on the north side of Wood Street. Modify on-street parking, narrow lane and improve delineation |
$676,000 |
Greater Bendigo |
|
Fogartys Gap Road |
Widen road to include 1.5-metre-wide sealed shoulders, improve delineation, extend culverts with trafficable end walls and remove roadside hazards |
$1,200,847 |
Mount Alexander |
|
Monash Road |
Reduce speed limit and install painted centre median and parking lines, raised wombat crossings with flashing lights and street lighting and Give Way linemarking and signage on minor legs |
$605,850 |
Latrobe City |
|
Geelong Road |
Modify Geelong Road median and intersections of Mitford Parade and Whitley Parade to ban right turns from side streets. Narrow service road at Mitford Parade to reinforce one-way restriction. Install Wombat crossing and speed hump on service road |
$542,000 |
Maribyrnong |
|
Inglis Road |
Install safety barriers on the north side of the bend |
$132,328 |
Casey |
|
Nungurner Road |
Install new dragon's teeth linemarking on approach to a number of corners and improve delineation |
$83,452 |
East Gippsland |
|
Sydney Road |
Upgrade traffic signals by fully controlling the U-turn manoeuvre (Introduce new phase), U-turn pocket lane extension, new additional mast arm on north/south legs and street lighting improvements at intersection |
$351,000 |
Moreland |
|
Dyson Drive |
Install fully controlled right turn traffic signal phase on Dyson Drive, upgrade 2 lanterns and install additional lantern with arrows |
$50,000 |
Ballarat |
|
Bridge Inn Road |
Install median island on Bridge Inn Road |
$165,000 |
Whittlesea |
|
Pearson Street |
Install speed cushions on all four approach legs of the roundabout, associated linemarking and signage works. Upgrade street lighting and linemarking of additional bike sharrows on the Pearson Street approaches |
$70,000 |
Moreland |
|
Plenty Road |
Install turning bans, splitter islands on side roads, new signage, linemarking modifications and a narrow solid median strip on Plenty Road |
$320,000 |
Darebin |
|
Horseshoe Bend Road |
Upgrade roundabout including raised platforms, modifications to paved annulus and gateway treatment, install sign and delineation upgrades, install green bike lanes at conflict zones. Reduce speed limit from 60 km/h to 50 km/h |
$221,000 |
Surf Coast |
|
Outlook Drive |
Install raised safety platforms at two locations and modify parking lane line on both sides of the road |
$152,000 |
Greater Dandenong |
|
Cape Otway Road |
Install safety barrier at high risk locations, upgrade delineation and reduce speed limit from 100 km/h to 80km/h |
$263,000 |
Surf Coast |
|
Bass Valley Road |
Install road safety barrier and motorcycle underrun protection, standard and augmented curve warning signs, including chevron alignment markers and dragon's teeth pavement markings. Reduce speed limits from 100 km/h to 80 km/h and 60 km/h to 50 km/h |
$150,000 |
South Gippsland |
|
Bald Hill Road |
Install a basic right-turn at the Bald Hill Road and Five Mile Road intersection and reduce speed limit from 100 km/h to 80 km/h. Duplication of side road intersection warning signs |
$444,000 |
Cardinia |
|
Inkerman Street |
Install Give Way to Pedestrians flashing LED signs on all four corners of intersection. Modify signal phasing to allow for early start for pedestrians |
$175,000 |
Port Phillip |
|
Exford Road |
Modify signal phasing to allow for early crossing start for pedestrians |
$263,000 |
Melton |
|
Sydenham Inlet Road |
Install new linemarking, including dragon’s teeth on corner approaches, warning and delineation signage and guideposts. Install safety barriers with rub rail and safety end terminals |
$187,503 |
East Gippsland |
|
Ghazeepore Road |
Install safety barriers to high risk sections of Ghazeepore Road. Improve delineation at intersections and grading to a consistent 6.5m corridor |
$299,000 |
Surf Coast |
|
Mahoneys Road |
Install left turn lane with realigned slip lane, Pedestrian Operated Signals on slip lane, extension to the traffic island and improve signal visibility on all approaches. Install bicycle ramp and safety barrier |
$1,971,000 |
Whittlesea |
|
Queen Street |
Install wombat crossings and improve delineation with upgraded linemarking, raised pavement markers, warning signs and street lighting |
$345,712 |
Colac Otway |
|
Lygon Street |
Install raised safety platform on the east leg of the intersection on Barkly Street, combined with a high visibility green bike lane on Lygon Street immediately east of Barkly Street |
$169,000 |
Moreland |
|
Colchester Road |
Upgrade street lighting and install five new impact-absorbent poles |
$222,000 |
Maroondah |
|
Atkins Road |
Reduce speed limit, install safety barriers at high-risk locations and remove roadside hazards. Upgrade linemarking, narrow lanes and widen shoulders and improve delineation |
$488,000 |
Surf Coast |
|
Mount Alexander Road |
Install illuminated LED bicycle warning signs and amber colour ground stud lights on bicycle linemarking |
$1,467,000 |
Moonee Valley |
|
Railway Parade |
Install raised safety platforms at two mid-block locations and a raised platform intersection at existing Pedestrian Operated Signals plus parking lane linemarking |
$484,000 |
Greater Dandenong |
|
Beach Street |
Install raised safety platform ramps on main approaches, with splitter islands, kerb outstands and lighting |
$320,380 |
Frankston |
|
Browns Road |
Install raised safety platforms and upgrade raised platform treatment of existing school crossings |
$433,000 |
Greater Dandenong |
|
McDonalds Track, Heylens Road and Yannathan Road |
Reduce speed from 100 km/h to 80 km/h. Install delineation and guideposts suited to fog conditions |
$326,000 |
South Gippsland |
|
Vary Street |
Reduce speed from 60 km/h to 50 km/h. Install speed cushions and delineation |
$349,650 |
Latrobe City |
|
Eureka Street |
Install roundabout central island, kerb extensions, longer splitter islands and separated pedestrian/bicycle path. Install edge lines and painted islands to narrow approach lanes and kerb outstands to protect parking |
$354,000 |
Ballarat |
|
Williamstown North Industrial Precinct |
Install raised intersections at Albermarle Street and Churchill Street and Tennyson Street and Churchill Street, and flat-top humps on approaches to the intersections of Chelmsford Street and Churchill Street and Tennyson Street and Orange Street |
$276,000 |
Hobsons Bay |
|
Lynnes Road |
Reduce speed limit, upgrade threshold/gateway treatment and improve night time delineation |
$278,184 |
Bass Coast |
|
Ripon Street |
Construct a roundabout with kerb extensions, splitter islands and separated bicycle lanes through the intersection, with edge lines and painted islands to narrow approach lanes and kerb outstands to protect parking |
$464,000 |
Ballarat |
|
Salt Creek Road |
Reshape pavement to reduce crossfall, flatten side slope, improve superelevation. Widen and seal multiple bends section. Increase radius at one bend. Install speed advisory, curve warning and delineation signs. Remove trees from the road edge |
$212,000 |
Northern Grampians |
|
Bona Vista Road |
Install Raptor Pole Protector Crash Cushion at Emerald Drive, shoulder sealing/edgelines and bus stop area formalisation along Bona Vista Road; lighting and stop controls at Gibson Road; and lighting at Pine Grove |
$225,000 |
Baw Baw |
|
Kennewell Street |
Install splitter islands, raised safety platforms and Install street lighting |
$180,000 |
Greater Bendigo |
|
Burke Street |
Install raised safety platforms/pedestrian crossings with lighting. Upgrade safety barriers, drainage and road marking |
$418,000 |
Baw Baw |
|
Lardners Track |
Install mountable splitter islands, dragon's teeth linemarking and widen intersection. Upgrade signage, linemarking and safety barriers |
$208,000 |
Baw Baw |
|
Bracewell Street |
Install splitter Islands and upgrade street lighting |
$142,000 |
Greater Bendigo |
|
Maryvale Road and Morwell-Maryvale Rd |
Upgrade Intersection at Old Melbourne Road and Hannah Street. Install safety barrier and audio linemarking |
$369,600 |
Latrobe City |
|
Eureka Street |
Install central median strip with kerb returns to improve sight distance from Otway Street. Improved delineation and lane narrowing with pedestrian refuges, pram crossings, bicycle lanes and parking lanes |
$160,000 |
Ballarat |
|
Kepler Street |
Install larger central traffic island/splitter islands on all approaches and modify kerb. Upgrade public-lighting and install wombat crossings |
$429,906 |
Warrnambool |