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Call for lights at ‘notorious’ intersection

Melton council is calling for traffic lights to be installed at a “notorious” accident hotspot in Rockbank.

Council will write to Roads and Road Safety Minister Melissa Horne and Kororoit MP Luba Grigorovitch to urge the government to fund traffic lights at the intersection of Leakes Road and the Western Highway in this year’s state budget.

Cr Phillip Zada raised the issue during council’s December meeting. He said the intersection was a known accident hotspot.

He said he and Cr Kathy Majdlik witnessed an accident at the intersection during the council election campaign.

Cr Zada said despite the many letters to the state government in regards to the issue, it needed to be reiterated that something needs to be done before another life is lost.

Cr Majdlik said there could never be too much advocacy in the area as it is a notorious hotspot.

She said council should not stop lobbying for lights to be installed until it received the answers it wanted from the state government.

Council will also request an update on the Western Highway business case which is exploring options to upgrade the Western Freeway between Harkness Road and Christies Road.

Faith Macale

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