February 2, 2017

Building a safer melbourne-lancefield road

Minister for Roads Luke Donnellan and Member for Macedon Mary-Anne Thomas today visited Melbourne-Lancefield Road to see what works will need to be undertaken to improve road safety along this road.

Last year, local residents were invited to share their ideas on how to improve Melbourne-Lancefield Road’s safety.

More than 800 comments were received, with a number of residents stating they’d like to see flexible safety barriers installed to help shield motorists from roadside hazards during run-off road crashes and permanent improvements to the road’s surface.

Options being considered by VicRoads engineers include flexible safety barriers along the sides of the road, wider centre line markings and intersection improvements.

Melbourne-Lancefield Road from Sunbury to Lancefield has been identified as one of Victoria’s top 20 highest risk rural roads in the Government’s Towards Zero 2016-2020 Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan.

Between June 2010 and June 2015 there were 159 crashes along Melbourne-Lancefield Road, resulting in 153 people injured and six lives lost.

Future improvements to Melbourne-Lancefield Road will reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries occurring, by preventing loss of control and run-off road crashes.

The Andrews Labor Government is investing $1 billion to help make Victorian roads safer through the Towards Zero road safety vision – to have a 15 per cent reduction in serious injuries and less than 200 deaths on Victorian roads by 2020.

Quotes attributable to Member for Macedon Mary- Anne Thomas
"Six people have already lost their lives along this road – and we’re going to fix it."

"Locals know best. We want the local community to help us reach our goal of zero deaths and serious injuries."

"This is one of Melbourne’s busiest regional routes, connecting freight, tourism, industry and the growing urban centres of Lancefield, Romsey and Sunbury to Melbourne. It’s important that we get this safety upgrade right."

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