Safe Local Roads and Streets Program

  • Project typeRoad safety improvements
  • Project value$2 million
  • Project scheduleDecember 2025 onwards
  • Completion Date31 December 2026
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Pyrenees Shire Council has received $2 million under the Victorian Government and TAC’s Safe Local Roads and Streets Program to deliver a range of road safety improvements across the municipality

Project 1 - Targeted speed limit reductions

Roads that will have new and updated speed limits include:

• Vaughan Street, Simpson Street, Chute-Raglan Road (first 350m), & Codrington St, Raglan – new 60 km/h speed zone

• Eurambeen–Raglan Road (first 475m), Raglan – new 80 km/h speed zone

• Beaufort–Waubra Road (first 525m) & Waubra-Talbot Road (first 300m), Waubra – new 60 km/h speed zone

• Waubra–Talbot Road, Evansford – new 60 km/h speed zone within the township of Evansford

• Old Shirley Road, Beaufort – Extension of the 80km/hr speed zone toward Beaufort to the Western Hwy

• Trawalla Road (first 525m) & Langi Kal Kal Road (first 375m), Trawalla – new 60 km/h speed zone

• Amphitheatre Road & School Road, Amphitheatre – signage updates to 60km/h and 40km/hr speed signs

These new speed limits have been determined by assessing several factors, including the Victorian Government’s Speed Zoning Technical Guidelines, which recommend:

• reducing speed limits to 60–80 km/h on peri-urban roads and hamlets
• reducing speed limits to 50–60 km/h on local streets with higher levels of traffic movement

Council also considered resident feedback received through the Customer Action Request System (CARS), where concerns about speeding are frequently raised.

Another key consideration was the Victoria Government’s Safe System philosophy, particularly the Safer Speeds pillar, which focuses on reducing the likelihood and severity of crashes.

Projected township growth, nearby schools and high-volume connecting roads were also assessed when determining the new limits.

 

 

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