Ministers for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
$25.6 million boost to road safety in Victoria through Black Spot Program
Works to improve safety at 57 dangerous crash sites across Victoria will begin in 2023-24, with the Australian Government committing $25.6 million to address local black spots.
The long-running Black Spot Program funds safety measures such as traffic signals and roundabouts at locations where a number of serious crashes have occurred, or are at risk of occurring.
These 57 Black Spot projects will make an important contribution towards reducing serious injuries and deaths on Victoria’s roads, and build on previous investments across the state.
Black Spot Consultative Panels provide the opportunity for stakeholders to have a say in the project selection process, and ensure nominations of the highest priority and importance to local communities are recommended for approval.
The Victorian review panel includes representatives from the Municipal Association of Victoria, Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, Victorian Transport Association, Victorian Police Service, Road Safety Victoria, Traffic Management Association of Australia, and the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning.
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:
“I am thrilled to announce these latest 57 Black Spot projects across Victoria, and thank the local communities for putting them forward for nomination.
“We are continuing to provide $110 million per year under the Black Spot Program to work with state, territory and local governments to improve road safety across Australia.
“We are committed to keeping Australians safe on our roads. These 57 new projects in Victoria will improve safety, benefit our communities and reduce road trauma.”
Quotes attributable to Victorian Government Minister for Roads and Road Safety Melissa Horne:
“We welcome this significant investment as a key part of making sure our roads are safer for all road users. It will allow us to provide key road safety upgrades across our state.
“The Black Spot Program strongly aligns with Victoria’s road safety strategy and will help us achieve our goal of zero lives lost on Victorian roads by 2050.”
Victorian Black Spot Program 2023-24
|
Project Name |
Proposed Treatment |
Australian Government Contribution |
Council |
|
Orrvale Road |
Replace cross intersection with a roundabout with splitter islands, linemarking, retro-reflective pavement markers and lighting. Install sections of roadside barrier and mountable concrete aprons. Upgrade delineations along the route |
$1,450,000 |
Greater Shepparton |
|
Axe Creek Road |
Reduce speed to 80 km/h. Delineation upgrades, shoulders and bellmouth sealing at high-risk curves with safety barriers at culvert crossings. Install splitter islands at Strathfieldsaye Road and Sutton Grange Road |
$1,692,000 |
Greater Bendigo |
|
Coalville Road and Pearces Track |
Reduce speed to 80 km/h. Install splitter islands at Two Mile/Pearces and Pearces/McDonalds intersections. Improve delineation such as guidepost, curve warning sign and curve alignment markers and upgrade lighting at high-risk intersections |
$596,000 |
Latrobe City |
|
Koonwarra-Inverloch Road |
Install splitter islands and rumble strips on Pound Creek Road, improve linemarking and signage and upgrade street lighting |
$655,200 |
South Gippsland |
|
Erskine Falls Road |
Reduce speed to 80 km/h. Install delineation upgrades, curve and advisory speed sign, speed limit signs and chevron alignment markers. Seal shoulders at high-risk bends |
$180,000 |
Surf Coast |
|
Botanic Road |
Upgrade existing roundabout with larger traffic islands, speed cushions, lane rationalisation, lighting upgrades and sharrows on approaches |
$206,000 |
Warrnambool |
|
Russell Street |
Install median turning lanes with central islands, reduce speed to 50 km/h, electronic 40 km/h speed signs for remote school crossing and improve lighting |
$316,000 |
Greater Bendigo |
|
Purvis Road |
Reduce the speed limit to 80 km/h, install safety barriers at high risk locations, and upgrade warning signs, guideposts and linemarking along the route |
$150,000 |
Latrobe City |
|
Silvester Parade |
Install raised safety platform at the intersection of Silvester Parade and McPherson Boulevard with upgrades to lighting |
$335,000 |
Hume (VIC) |
|
Marshalltown Road |
Construct wombat crossings on each approach to the existing roundabout, reconstruct centre island and splitter islands, apply new asphalt surface, install associated signage, construct associated road drainage and upgrade street lighting |
$1,131,000 |
Greater Geelong |
|
Tucks Road |
Install curve alignment markers and upgrade existing guideposts |
$92,000 |
Mornington Peninsula |
|
Beach Road |
Install wombat crossing at Kooringa Place, median between Letham Lane and Eclipse Childcare, sharrow linemarking and 40 km/h speed limit signs |
$115,000 |
Surf Coast |
|
Harvest Home Road |
Adjust traffic signal phasing, from right-hand-turn drop-out phases to full controlled right-turn phases on Harvest Home Road (main road) legs only |
$54,000 |
Whittlesea |
|
Blackgate Road |
Install safety barrier with improved pavement linemarking, including audio-tactile linemarking. Extend 80 km/h speed zone east of Horseshoe Bend Road intersection |
$331,000 |
Surf Coast |
|
Nyora-St Helier Road |
Improved delineation (advisory signage, guideposts, linemarking) and seal widening |
$593,250 |
Bass Coast |
|
Tarneit Road |
Install raised safety platforms on through-lanes for Bethany Road approaches with modification of left-turn signal phasing to allow for pedestrian head-start |
$287,000 |
Wyndham |
|
Twentieth Street |
Full intersection upgrade including Vehicle Activated Warning System, new signage including stop signs, splitter islands, kerb returns, intersection lighting, improved drainage and pavement reconstruction and widening |
$1,345,000 |
Mildura |
|
Grand Boulevard |
Install raised safety platforms on the eastern and western approaches to the roundabout |
$186,000 |
Hume (VIC) |
|
Hilton Street |
Install wombat crossing on the south leg (Isla Avenue) of the intersection, combined with lighting upgrades and associated linemarking and signage works |
$184,000 |
Moreland |
|
Hammond Road |
Reprogram traffic signals to fully control right turns |
$117,000 |
Greater Dandenong |
|
McDonalds Track |
Upgrade delineation including guideposts and audio-tactile line marking, provide sealed shoulder south-east of Range Road and install flexible barrier on the outside of high-risk curves |
$264,000 |
Cardinia |
|
Ovando Street |
Install kerb outstand on the southeast corner of the intersection and relocation of the hold line, installation of raised safety platforms on Ovando Street with extension of parking bans and advanced warning signage |
$104,000 |
Darebin |
|
Athol Road |
Install raised safety platforms |
$342,000 |
Greater Dandenong |
|
View Road |
Install raised safety platforms |
$282,000 |
Greater Dandenong |
|
Valley Street |
Install flat top speed humps along route with modification of the median island west of Foran Grove |
$343,000 |
Monash |
|
Perry Street |
Install splitter islands at Ryan Avenue on both approaches, sight line improvements for motorists exiting Ryan Avenue at Perry Street, and relocation of the hold line closer to Perry Street |
$201,000 |
Wangaratta |
|
King Street |
Install fully controlled right turns with bonus left turns on King Street outside peak periods with filtering right turns during peaks. Install Give Way to Pedestrians signs and upgrade street lighting with Disability Discrimination Act improvements |
$762,000 |
Melbourne |
|
Widford Street |
Construct flat-top road hump at the existing pedestrian-operated sign and on the north leg of the Jacana Avenue roundabout. Reduce existing speed limit from 60 km/h to 40 km/h |
$458,000 |
Hume (VIC) |
|
Albion Street |
Install raised wombat crossing and speed cushion on the south and north leg of the intersection with lighting upgrades |
$212,000 |
Moreland |
|
Henry Road |
Implement fully controlled right-turning movements with lanterns upgrades and an additional long queue loop for the eastern approach right-turn lane |
$83,000 |
Cardinia |
|
Pigdon Street |
Install Watch for Cyclists advance warning signs on both Pigdon Street approaches with sharrow linemarking within the roundabout |
$42,000 |
Yarra City |
|
Sloane Street |
Speed reduction, construct two roundabouts at Shirreff Street and Cooper Street and install central median and kerb outstands with upgraded signage and pavement markings |
$1,986,600 |
Northern Grampians |
|
Carson Street |
Install speed cushions on approach to the roundabout with warning signage |
$34,000 |
Boroondara |
|
Glen Huntly Road |
Install Give Way to Pedestrians signs, primary signal heads on south and east approaches and update signal infrastructure to support new hardware |
$137,550 |
Glen Eira |
|
Marretts Road |
Reduce speed limit from 100 km/h to 80 km/h and install targeted safety barrier at high risk locations, with associated signage and lighting improvements |
$711,000 |
Latrobe City |
|
Dandenong Road |
Update lanterns including LED and mast arm upgrades on approaches to Dandenong Road |
$690,000 |
Monash |
|
Charlotte Street and Meriton Place |
Install raised flat-top platform at Charlotte Street and Meriton Place intersection, with streetlighting upgrades, kerb outstands on Meriton Place and threshold treatments on Murdock Street, including painted splitter islands and lighting upgrades |
$384,000 |
Kingston |
|
Gladesville Boulevard |
Construct asphalt speed cushions on McLeod Road and raised safety platforms on Gladesville Boulevard with associated signage |
$142,000 |
Kingston |
|
Dunns Road |
Install raised safety platforms along Dunns Road |
$338,000 |
Mornington Peninsula |
|
St Killian Road |
Install splitter islands with additional regulatory signage on minor road approaches and street lighting upgrades |
$195,000 |
Greater Bendigo |
|
Woodlee Street |
Install raised safety platforms along Woodlee Street |
$204,000 |
Greater Dandenong |
|
Edwards Road |
Install safety barriers with motorcycle safety measures outside of high-risk curves and minor safety improvements at intersections and high-risk culverts. Upgrade delineation including chevron alignment markers and linemarking. Reduce speed to 80 km/h |
$1,079,000 |
Greater Bendigo |
|
Bendigo City Centre High Pedestrian Activity Area |
Install raised priority crossings and traffic calming devices at all four intersections. Installation of traffic calming measures on midblock Mollison and McLaren Streets |
$324,000 |
Greater Bendigo |
|
Arthurs Seat Road |
Install barrier with motorcycle protection and terminals, install curve alignment markers and upgrade retro reflective pavement markers, signage and guideposts |
$546,000 |
Mornington Peninsula |
|
Benalla Street |
Relocate splitter islands and hold lines at the intersections of Benalla Street and Carrier Street, Smythe Street and Barkly Street. Relocate hold lines at the intersection of Benalla Street and Nunn Street |
$255,000 |
Benalla |
|
Pigdon Street |
Relocate existing raised safety platforms on the east and west approaches closer to the intersection. Construct Kerb outstands on the northwest and southeast quadrants of the intersection |
$173,000 |
Yarra City |
|
Tambo Upper Road |
Install additional guardrail at high-risk locations with audio-tactile linemarking and improved delineation |
$280,096 |
East Gippsland |
|
Minerva Road |
Install two wombat crossings with associated signage and lighting and widen footpath. Construct raised intersection and reconfigure the signals to provide dedicated turning lanes and fully controlled right turn |
$618,000 |
Greater Geelong |
|
Brady Road |
Install four raised safety platforms, two raised platform intersection and upgrade zebra crossing at shops to wombat zebra crossing |
$1,306,000 |
Greater Dandenong |
|
The Esplanade |
Reduce speed limit to 40 km/h, install wombat crossing on Beach Road at The Esplanade and traffic lane narrowing, reallocate road space to separation between traffic and cyclists and install green pavement at conflict points |
$180,000 |
Surf Coast |
|
Liddiard Road |
Install speed cushions on approach and exit legs just in advance of the pedestrian footpath crossing point |
$367,000 |
Latrobe City |
|
Wangaratta-Kilfeera Road |
Install curve delineation such as signage, chevron alignment markers and guideposts, and provide shoulder sealing and widening (including bellmouth at Soldiers Road) and linemarking and Give Way signage at intersection |
$155,000 |
Wangaratta |
|
Dana Street |
Construct roundabout with splitter islands and install separated pedestrian/bicycle paths |
$615,000 |
Ballarat |
|
Mill Road |
Install shoulder sealing and widening, tactile edgelines and improved delineation such as advisory signage, guideposts and linemarking |
$422,100 |
Bass Coast |
|
Fenton Street |
Construct solid median, raised safety platforms/crossings, lane narrowing and movement bans. Construct footpath connections and priority crossings |
$344,000 |
Greater Bendigo |
|
Fischer Street |
Modify the roundabouts of Zeally Bay Road, Darian Road, Inshore Drive and Centreside Drive. Install midblock raised safety platforms at key locations |
$584,000 |
Surf Coast |
|
Banyule Road |
Install safety barriers and sealed shoulders, improve delineation, install additional bicycle linemarking and upgrade warning signage |
$396,000 |
Banyule |