Contract awarded for Rosser Boulevard traffic lights

CONSTRUCTION to finish the intersection of Rosser Boulevard, Coombes Road and the Surf Coast Highway in Torquay North is expected to start in February next year.

At their November 22 meeting, the Surf Coast Shire council award the project’s contract to Draper’s Civil Contracting.

The upgrading will include extension of Rosser Boulevard west from the Quay2 residential development to connect into the highway, installation of traffic signals and installation of lighting over the intersection.

Work is expected to take eight months and will also include creation of bike lanes on all approaches to the intersection and indented bus bays on the north and south-bound highway departure lanes from the intersection.

The Surf Coast Highway will remain open with traffic management in place.

Access to and from Coombes Road to the highway will be temporarily closed, with detours via Messmate Road.

Councillors also resolved at the meeting to delegate power to the chief executive officer to award a contract on its behalf to allow Blackgate and Horseshoe Bend roads intersection improvements to proceed, which is intended to help the shire meet key funding timelines.

The improvements will include installation of a roundabout.