Rossack Drive in Waurn Ponds is in line for an upgrade to improve safety and accessibility for all community members, starting in early October.
This key street connects to Waurn Ponds Train Station and the Princes Highway.
Our $3 million project is set to focus on Rossack Drive between Meadowvale Drive and Heyers Road, and will include road pavement rehabilitation, new asphalt road seal, kerb and channel renewal, driveway works and improved line marking.
The City will deliver the staged improvements with the support of funding from the Australian Government's Roads to Recovery Program and Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Programs, running until March next year.
Roadworks will be completed in various stages, in which a section of the road will be closed to all vehicles including residents' cars. Impacted residents and businesses will be notified of the start date closer to the project getting underway.
Construction crews will work between 7am-4pm Monday to Friday, dependent on weather conditions. Weekend work may occur if bad weather or unforeseeable circumstances disrupt weekday work.
For the safety of drivers and our staff, detours will be put in place to help manage traffic flow. Residents in these work zones will have pedestrian access to their properties only.
This work follows our $2.1 million upgrade of Sugargum Drive and Bodega Street near Waurn Ponds Train Station which was fully funded via the Australian Government's Roads to Recovery program.
Mayor Trent Sullivan
Rossack Drive is used by 11,000 vehicles a day and was in need of repair.The Roads to Recovery funding from the Australian Government will rejuvenate the road and ensure a safer and smoother journey for surrounding residents, commuters and pedestrians.
We thank the community for its patience while the City carries out these essential works and ask that road users follow signage and traffic detours in place.
Our teams will work to minimise disruptions to the community while the upgrades are underway.
Federal Member for Corangamite Libby Coker
The works will deliver much-needed safety improvements for residents.Waurn Ponds is fast becoming a key transport hub for the rapidly-growing suburbs of Armstrong Creek, Mount Duneed, and Torquay – that's why it's so important that this local arterial link is as safe as possible for pedestrians and road users heading to the train station, work, Deakin University, or the shopping centre.
To make sure projects like this are delivered, the Albanese Labor Government has doubled our Roads to Recovery Funding – we are investing in the regions – and this is a great outcome for our communities.
I'd like to thank locals for their patience and understanding as these upgrades are rolled out.
