Regional Roads Victoria
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Black Forest Drive concept plans released
A redesign update plan of Black Forest Drive between Woodend and Macedon has been issued by Regional Roads Victoria.
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Protection nod too late
An independent planning panel has found heritage protection was “appropriate and justified” for Bunjil Creek bridge, which was dismantled for Gisborne roadworks in March. Regional Roads Victoria reneged on an in-principle agreement with Macedon Ranges Council to protect heritage features to progress intersection works on Melbourne/Kilmore Road. The bridge was removed before permanent heritage protection…
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Fuel load fears in Woodend
A dangerously high fuel load along the roadside of Black Forest Drive at Woodend is causing increasing concern for neighbouring property owners. Residents of Garner Quadrant whose properties back onto the road are appealing for Regional Roads Victoria to attend to the danger. Vicky Ruschin has had a local fire brigade representative come out to…
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No safe crossing
St Ambrose Parish Primary’s community doesn’t want to see a disastrous traffic accident resulting from a lack of safe pedestrian access in the school precinct. The Woodend school is one of the only ones in the district without school crossings and the school community wants action. More than 150 parents lodged concerns with the council…
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RRV to consult on Black Forest Drive
Calls for further community consultation on proposed changes to Black Forest Drive have been heeded. Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas has announced in-person listening sessions in December to allow the Macedon Ranges community to provide more feedback on the project. The $6 million project for 11.7 kilometres of works on the road linking Woodend and Macedon…
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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…
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'Black spot' woes continue
Holiday traffic was delayed on Friday after yet another accident on one of central Victoria’s busiest tourist routes. Shortly before 2pm, traffic on Edgecombe Road at Kyneton stopped while a vehicle was waiting to turn right into Kyneton Bushland Resort when a utility towing a car ploughed into the back of a camper trailer being…
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Is this exit speed safe?
A 100km/h speed limit on the southbound Calder Freeway exit to Woodend/Lancefield has long had local road users baffled. “The S-bend exit ends at a roundabout and no one could safely approach it at that speed,” one reader told the Midland Express. Acting Regional Roads Victoria director (Loddon Mallee) Barry Green said RRV assessed speed…
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Where’s the hazard?
A 60km/h ‘road hazard’ speed limit along a long, straight section of road in Woodend with no apparent hazards in sight is confusing some local road users. One driver who witnessed an unmarked police car pull a driver over along the straight on Woodend-Romsey Road, which is located near Braemar College’s Woodend campus, contacted the…
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Intersection with issues
A Kyneton intersection that has remained unchanged since the road it meets was the former Calder Highway is desperately in need of an upgrade, local road users say. A two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Lauriston Road and Burton Avenue last Wednesday has brought the issue to the fore, as more and more drivers report…
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OVER BUDGET AND POORLY PLANNED
The state government’s controversial roadside wire rope barrier project faces a major cost blowout and has been less effective than promised. Victoria’s auditor general has found the project is eight months late, poorly planned and maintained, and already nearly $100 million over budget. Wire rope barriers were installed along 20 of the most dangerous highways…
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‘Enough is enough’ – Residents call time on dangerous intersection
Local residents have renewed calls for safety improvements to the intersection of Edgecombe Road and Melville Drive north of Kyneton after a collision between two vehicles last Friday morning. A 4WD was waiting to turn right into Melville Drive about 11.30am when it was struck by another vehicle. The incident is the second collision at…