By Gladys Barreta
Upgrades to Troups Road South in Mount Cottrell have been completed with works undertaken between Boundary Road and Greigs Road.
The project included upgrades to drainage and driveway culverts, road widening and sealing the road surface as well as the installation of new signage and line markings.
City of Melton, Mayor Cr Steve Abboushi said the works have transformed a road that often turned muddy during wet weather into a road that provides another option for vehicles to travel around the City and beyond.
“We would like to thank local residents and the community for their patience while we completed these much-needed road upgrades,” Cr Abboushi said.
Resident, Kate Williams said the upgrade to the road is a great step forward for the community which needed to be done urgently for the safety of drivers and residents.
“It needed to be done, it was a nightmare with cars getting damaged daily, having a dirt road in the middle of a metropolitan area is not a good idea,” she said.
“Since its opened, we are really impressed on the time saved on being able to detour from Hopkins Road and having multiple ways to get to Werribee.
“It took a while to get it done but a lot of the community will be happy Council took action on it.”
