Department of Transport
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‘We need public transport’
Parents and students from Castlemaine Secondary College are calling on the Department of Transport and Planning to provide public transport options for students travelling to town after school. Impacted families have started a petition requesting a new dedicated public bus route that aligns with school operating hours, ensuring all local students have direct, safe public…
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Roads a risk to riders
South Gisborne motorcyclist Rodney Brown is part of a growing chorus of road users urging action on dangerous road conditions. He has long championed motorcycle road safety, and said it was time road repairs were carried out with motorcycles specifically in mind. “On a motorcycle you can feel it go through your neck and spine,…
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Speed reduction recommended
Macedon Ranges Shire councillors will next week consider a recommendation to lower speeds at a section of Three Chain Road in Newham from 100km/h to 80km/h. The council commissioned an independent road safety audit for the site where it intersects with Egans Lane and Dons Road, following a fatal crash there in February. Dom Testoni,…
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Urgent traffic solutions sought
Macedon Ranges Shire Council is calling on Department of Transport for urgent traffic solutions for Woodend’s notorious Urquhart/High Street intersection. Users of the intersection contend with main street congestion, a confusing layout with several turning points and high volumes of traffic accessing service hot spots including the Coles supermarket and train station. More than four…
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More cameras roll out in trial
More point-to-point road safety cameras have been installed on the Calder Freeway since the test program began early last year. Additional solo cameras have also been installed as part of a multi-year trial of new road safety camera technology. A spokesperson from the Department of Justice and Community Safety said the cameras would be operational…
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No date for Calder reopening
Driver frustration is mounting over ongoing Calder Freeway lane closures for roadworks that have not been completed. The freeway between Kyneton and Mount Macedon was under restrictions for four months from November last year before being resealed. The resealed section subsequently failed and is part of about 10 kilometres of the freeway now reduced to…
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Significant damage to roads
Jade Jungwirth The deluge of rain seen across Victoria over the past few weeks has resulted in significant damage to road surfaces around the state. In areas such as Newstead and Axedale, the effects of the floods have resulted in large sections of bitumen separating and breaking away completely, making the roads impassable. The recent…
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LANES PLAN DIVIDES
Opinion is divided among Woodend and Macedon residents over a Regional Roads Victoria plan to reconfigure Black Forest Drive from four lanes to two. The $6 million project for 11.7 kilometres of works on the road linking the two towns will see the current four-lane configuration reduced to two lanes plus a three-metre-wide painted centre…