Friday 12 September 2025

The Allan Labor Government is making communities safer across the state by working with councils to deliver vital upgrades on local roads over the next three years.

Member for Northern Victoria Jaclyn Symes announced works funded through the $210 million Safer Local Roads and Streets Program had begun – which is helping councils identify, plan and deliver projects that keep drivers, cyclists and pedestrians safe.

The successful projects being funded by this program in Northern Victoria include, 

• Rifle Butts Rd & Ogilvies Rd, Mansfield - Intersection priority change
• Greenvale Ln, Mansfield - Pedestrian bridge & shared user path
• Malcolm St, Mansfield - Raised priority crossings & shared user path
• Old Tolmie & Mahaikah Rd, Tolmie - Intersection improvement
• McMahons Road, Kinglake - Raised priority crossing
• Tarnook Rd & Pagets Rd, Baddaginnie - Y-intersection removal/reconfiguration
• Clarke St & Waller St, Benalla - Raised intersection & raised priority crossing
• Martin Pl, Benson St & Thomas St, Benalla - Roundabout & raised priority crossings
• Seymour Town Centre - Speed limit reductions
• Multiple High Speed Rural Roads in Mitchell Shire - Speed limit reductions
• Wallis St & Station St, Seymour - Raised priority crossings
• Pollard St, Seymour - Raised priority crossings
• Chittick Place, Seymour - Road closure
• Powlett St, Broadford - Raised priority crossing
• Murchison St & High St (Service Rd), Broadford - Raised priority crossings
• Longwood-Ruffy Rd, Tarcombe to Ruffy - Speed limit reduction & safety improvements
• Euroa-Strathbogie Rd, Euroa to Strathbogie - Speed limit reduction & safety improvements
• Harrys Creek Rd, Kithbrook to Violet Town - Speed limit reduction & safety improvements
• Cohuna Island Rd, Cohuna - Raised priority crossings & roundabout improvements
• Market St and Channel St, Cohuna - Roundabout
• Boundary Street, Kerang - Wombat crossing
• Shadforth St and Wyndham St, Kerang - Compact roundabout
• Victoria St & Wyndham St, Kerang – Splitter Island & raised platforms
• Oram St, Harold St & Rea St, Shepparton - Raised priority crossings
• Marungi St, Barker Ave & Bourchier St, Shepparton - Raised priority crossings and LATM
• Rea St at Maude St & Clive St, Shepparton - Roundabouts
• Numurkah Town Centre – Safety improvements
• Hume Street & Piper Street, Yarrawonga – Roundabout design and scoping
• Gilmore Street/Cahills Road/Old Wilby Road/South Road, Yarrawonga – Roundabouts

The Labor Government is allocating up to $2 million each to 79 councils across the state and will provide a wide range of safety improvements until 30 June 2027 – with projects set to deliver new raised crossings, upgrades to kerbs, intersections, roundabouts and pedestrian islands.

Local government authorities own and operate 87 per cent of Victoria’s roads, and every year about 40 per cent of road trauma occurs on council-managed roads.

The Safer Local Roads and Streets Program is backed by the Government’s 2030 Road Safety Strategy targets – which aims to halve road deaths, reduce serious injury and ultimately achieve zero trauma by 2050.

Quote attributable to Minister for Roads and Road Safety Melissa Horne 

“Working alongside Victoria’s councils, we’re delivering important upgrades on local roads today, so our communities are safer into the future.”

Quote attributable to Member for Member for Northern Victoria Jaclyn Symes

“The Safer Local Roads and Streets Program will deliver critical road upgrades on our local roads – providing safer outcomes for years to come.”