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RACV head of policy James Williams said the survey results were a strong indicator that road users are calling for urgent improvements to improve the safety of Victoria’s regional roads.<\/p>\n
“Sixty per cent of survey participants think that improving road surfaces should be the priority road safety solution.<\/p>\n
“While in 2021, dangerous driver behaviour was the biggest safety concern on regional roads, this year poor road conditions received more than double the number of responses as dangerous driver behaviour.”<\/p>\n
He noted Bacchus Marsh Road was also identified among regional Victoria’s most dangerous roads in RACV’s first My Country Road survey, conducted in 2021, and while several of the roads previously identified by road users as the state’s worst received upgrades and improvements, “more work needs to be undertaken”.<\/p>\n
RACV will now use the data from the survey to encourage the state government and local councils to make commitments that deliver safer regional roads.<\/p>\n
The city’s acting executive director for city infrastructure Shaun Nuttal said the city heavily invested in managing its own road network.<\/p>\n
“When matters concerning third party infrastructure are brought to our attention, such topics will be raised in discussions held between the city and the relevant authority, where we will advocate for improvements.”<\/p>\n
The state government was contacted for comment, but did not respond before this newspaper went to print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TWO roads located within the City of Greater Geelong have been named among the top 20 most dangerous roads in regional Victoria by road users. Bacchus Marsh Road between Balliang and Lara was 11th, receiving the highest number of votes in the western region of the state, while Murradoc Road, the main thoroughfare between Drysdale […]<\/p>\n