Moorabool council has rejected a petition calling for the speed limit on Ballan-Egerton Road to be reduced.
The petition, which received 14 signatures, requested a new speed limit of 60 to 70 kilometres per hour be implemented on the section of Ballan-Egerton Road near Devlins Road.
The existing limit is 80 kilometres per hour, which Mount Egerton residents living directly off or near the road said was “unsafe”.
It was stated in the petition that “speeding drivers and a crest at Devlins Road” caused a “safety hazard for residents entering and exiting their properties.”
More than 650 vehicles travel on the road every day.
A review of the current speed limit was conducted in accordance with VicRoads guidelines and it was found that the zoning of the road was appropriate.
The Department of Transport and Planning (DTP), which has the authority to approve and deny speed change requests, did not support the reduction.
In a statement to council, the DTP said “Minimal access points on the road, current environmental conditions, little to no pedestrian activity, and no crash history supports the current speed limit of 80km/h”.
There have been no crashes reported around this location in the last five years.
Council has since installed a curve warning sign and a 60km/h speed advisory sign before the bend approaching from Ballan.
