Hume council is proposing to spend more than three million dollars for 25 traffic treatments in Sunbury north, following a traffic management study.
Council adopted the study and a traffic management plan at a meeting on October 23, which it said is a proactive way to identify and treat traffic, parking, pedestrian, cycling and accessibility issues in the area.
The plan seeks 25 proposed traffic treatments valued at a total of $3,111,000. Of the proposed treatments, four will have $206,000 allocated from council’s 2024-25 capital works annualised program.
Councillor Jarrod Bell said Sunbury north residents can look forward to their roads being turned into a safer, more efficient network.
“Through my work at SES I see all too often the tragic consequences of bad road safety,” Cr Bell said.
“I am always going to be an advocate for making sure that people… can get from point a to point b in the most efficient but safest way possible.
“It’s great to see… almost 230 responses were received from almost 100 separate residences.”
The four treatments with allocated funding include; an upgrade to the existing guard rail on Racecourse Road, installation of pedestrian refuge islands on Racecourse Road at Curtain Drive and Hopbush Avenue, and installation of traffic splitter island at the intersection of Bundanoon Avenue and Riverview Terrace.
The remaining 24 treatments will be up for consideration.
