A dangerous intersection on the Glenelg Highway will soon see improvements to slow down traffic.<\/p>\n
The intersection of the highway with the Eurambeen-Streatham Road at Streatham has long been regarded as dangerous with several accidents and a recent fatality.<\/p>\n
A woman died after a crash at the intersection in October.<\/p>\n
A government spokesperson confirmed to the Advocate there have been eight recorded crashes at the intersection in the ten years between mid-2014 and mid-2024.<\/p>\n
October\u2019s crash takes the number of fatalities to two.<\/p>\n
These crashes also include four serious injury and three minor injury crashes.<\/p>\n
The government spokesperson said a new roundabout will be constructed to improve safety at the\u00a0Eurambeen-Streatham Road, Glenelg Highway and Woorndoo-Streatham Road intersection.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinal designs are currently being completed for a new roundabout to slow vehicles to safer speeds and provide better turning movements for trucks,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new roundabout will slow vehicles to safe speeds and provide safer turning movements for trucks turning north at the intersection.\u201d<\/p>\n
A speed reduction will also be implemented from 100km\/h to 80 km\/h approaching the roundabout from Streatham and the works will include the installation of street lighting to improve visibility at night.<\/p>\n
The government said plans will be made publicly available once they\u2019ve been finalised.<\/p>\n
Member for Lowan and Deputy Nationals Leader Emma Kealy raised the issue in parliament shortly after the most recent fatality.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy constituency question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the information I seek is: how many people will have to die on the Eurambeen-Streatham Road and Glenelg Highway before the roundabout is completed?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is so devastating to hear that just last Sunday we lost another local life at this extraordinarily dangerous intersection.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did see in 2020 that the federal and state governments put money towards installing a roundabout. But here we are four years later, the roundabout has not commenced and we have had another fatality.<\/p>\n
The Victorian Government has indicated the redesign of the intersection will commence in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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