Timed traffic lights would be installed at the intersection of Grant Street, Griffith Street and Station Street in Bacchus Marsh, if the Labor Party wins the upcoming state election.
Labor announced a $25 million investment towards the project, which would create safer access to Bacchus Marsh station, the bus interchange and the upgraded car park on the north side of the tracks by 2025 by upgrading the intersection from a roundabout to traffic signals.
Completed last year, the Ballarat line upgrade delivered improvements at Bacchus Marsh station, expanded car parks and created dozens of extra train services per week.
“Our community has been telling me the busy Grant Street intersection needs an upgrade that makes it work with the nearby level crossing,” Buninyong MP Michaela Settle said.
“Only Labor will deliver the road connections Bacchus Marsh needs.”
Labor also announced a $79 million commitment towards an upgrade to the Point Cook Road and Central Avenue intersection in Altona Meadows, which will include widening Central Avenue from Point Cook Road to Skehan Boulevard from two to four lanes.
Labor candidate for Point Cook Mat Hilakari said the Point Cook Road upgrade would benefit all those who travel along the major thoroughfare.
“We’re delivering a safer, better road for people in Point Cook, Altona Meadows and Seabrook with our promise to upgrade Point Cook Road,” he said.
Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan said regional suburbs relied on these transport connections.
“Only Labor will invest to give every Victorian the smooth, safe journeys people need,” she said.
Since 2014, Labor has invested $35 billion to expand the road network and deliver improvements, including installing traffic lights, roundabouts and better pedestrian crossings.
