Rossack Drive set for safety and accessibility upgrades

STARTING in early October, Waurn Ponds’ Rossack Drive is set to undergo upgrades, improving safety and accessibility for community members.

Rossack Drive connects to the Waurn Ponds Train Station and the Princes Highway, with coming works focusing on the stretch of road between Meadowvale Drive and Heyers Road.

The $3 million project will include road pavement rehabilitation, new asphalt road seal, kerb and channel renewal, driveway works and improved line marking.

City of Greater Geelong mayor Trent Sullivan said 11,000 vehicles used the road each day and it needed repairing.

“The Roads to Recovery Funding from the federal government will rejuvenate the road and ensure a safer and smoother journey for surrounding residents, commuters and pedestrians.

“We thank the community for its patience while the city carries out these essential works and ask that road users follow signage and traffic detours in place.

“Our teams will work to minimise disruptions to the community while the upgrades are underway.”

The works will be completed in stages, meaning a section of road will be closed to vehicles, including residents’ cars, detours will be put in place to help manage traffic flow.

Residents within the work zones will have pedestrian access to their properties.

Affected businesses and residents will be notified of the start date closer to the beginning of the project.

Crews will work between 7am until 4pm Monday to Friday, weather permitting, with weekend work a possibility if bad weather or unforeseeable circumstances disrupt weekday work.

Corangamite federal member Libby Coker said the works would deliver much needed safety improvements.

“Waurn Ponds is fast becoming a key transport hub for the rapidly growing suburbs of Armstrong Creek, Mount Duneed and Torquay – that’s why it’s so important that this local arterial link is as safe as possible for pedestrians and road users heading to the train station, work, Deakin University or the shopping centre.”

The upgrades follow the city’s 2.1 million upgrade of Sugargum Drive and Bodega Street near the Waurn Ponds Train Station, fully funded by the federal government’s Roads to Recovery program.