Metropolitan South East safety improvements
Location:
Aspendale, Chelsea Heights, Patterson Lakes, Seaford, Mount Eliza, Mornington, Mount Martha, Pakenham, Nar Nar Goon, Tynong, Garfield, Bunyip, Longwarry North
Type:
Freeway, Highway
Status:
Underway
We've improved safety along the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, Frankston Freeway, Moorooduc Highway, Western Port Highway, South Gippsland Highway, Princes Highway and Baxter-Tooradin Road, as we work towards a future where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads.
Project update
Works for these projects started in late 2019. To find out more about how they’re progressing, visit our project pages:
If you’re traveling through these areas, keep an eye out for the changed traffic conditions and crews, plan ahead and allow for an extra five minutes travel time.
We thank you for your patience while we complete these important road safety upgrades.
What we’re doing
Flexible safety barriers are already in place along some sections of these roads. We’re installing additional flexible safety barriers to reduce the risk of head-on collisions and run-off-road crashes.
We’re also introducing other safety treatments, including dedicated turning lanes, line marking, tactile surfaces and safer speeds in high-risk locations to improve safety for all road users.
Infrastructure plays a vital role in preventing serious crashes. It also helps reduce the severity of crashes when they’re unavoidable.
Road safety infrastructure such as flexible safety barriers, wide centreline treatments and rumble strips help prevent the most common crash types, head-on and run-off-road collisions, which in 2015 were responsible for 40% of Victoria’s road deaths and serious injuries.
Mistakes happen, which as humans we can’t always avoid. What we can do is build more forgiving road infrastructure so that when a mistake does happen on the road, it doesn’t cost a life.
To learn more about how we’re making Victorian roads safer visit our interactive safer roads website.
Background
Many of these projects are taking place on high-speed and high-volume roads. Improving safety along these routes is important in supporting the growing economies and communities in the region.
Between 2013 and 2017, there were 97 people who suffered serious injuries along these stretches of road, and eight people who tragically lost their lives.
We’re improving safety along our Metropolitan South East roads, to build a future where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads.
View a larger version of the Aspendale to Mornington Peninsula safety improvements
Get in touch
For more information about this project, please get in touch.
Email: [email protected]
The Victorian Government, in partnership with TAC, is investing $1.4 billion into road safety infrastructure to work towards a future where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads.
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Mornington Peninsula Freeway safety improvements, Aspendale to Seaford
We’ve improved safety along the Mornington Peninsula Freeway, from Springvale Road in Aspendale to the Frankston Freeway in Frankston, as we work towards a future where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads.
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Frankston Freeway safety improvements, Carrum Downs to Frankston
We’ve improved safety along the Frankston Freeway, between the intersection with the Mornington Peninsula Freeway in Carrum Downs and Beach Street in Frankston, as we work towards a future where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads.
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Moorooduc Highway safety improvements, Mount Eliza to Moorooduc
We’ve improved safety along Moorooduc Highway, between Summer Road in Mount Eliza and Mornington Peninsula Freeway in Moorooduc, as we work towards a future where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads.
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Western Port Highway, Lynbrook to Langwarrin
We’ve improved safety along the Western Port Highway, between the South Gippsland Highway interchange in Lynbrook and the roundabout at North Road in Langwarrin, as we work towards a future where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads.
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South Gippsland Highway, Cranbourne East to Lang Lang
We’ve improved safety along the South Gippsland Highway between Cranbourne East and Lang Lang, as we work towards a future where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads.
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Princes Highway Pakenham to Longwarry North
We’ve improved safety along the Princes Highway, between Cardinia Road in Pakenham to the Bunyip River in Longwarry North, as we work towards a future where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads.
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Baxter-Tooradin Road, Devon Meadows
The Victorian Government is improving safety along Baxter-Tooradin Road, between Fisheries Road and the South Gippsland Highway in Devon Meadows, to reduce road trauma and save lives.