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Safety upgrades on the way for Victor Harbor Road
Thursday, 24 October 2024
More road safety improvements are coming to the Fleurieu Peninsula, with $15 million worth of new upgrades to a key junction and intersection on Victor Harbor Road.
Work will also begin on two new pedestrian refuges in the area.
The upgrades at the intersection of Hindmarsh Tiers Road and Virgin Road, and at the junction of Brookman Road (Old Willunga Hill Road), will improve safety for locals as well as the thousands of tourists who visit the region every year.
The intersection upgrade will include two right turning lanes, one into Hindmarsh Tiers Road and the other into Virgin Road, as well as road resurfacing, new guard rails, line marking and LED lighting.
The junction upgrade will extend the left turning lane into Brookman Road from Victor Harbor Road to ensure drivers exiting Brookman Road have a clearer line of sight. This upgrade will also include new pavement construction, line marking and safety barriers.
South Australian based company, CATCON will undertake the works which will support 55 local full-time jobs during the construction period. The project is expected to begin in late 2024 and be completed by mid-2025.
Between 2019 and 2023, there were seven reported crashes at the Victor Harbor Road, Hindmarsh Tiers Road, Virgin Road intersection with one crash resulting in a fatality. In that same period there were also seven reported crashes at the Victor Harbor Road and Brookman junction, with one crash causing serious injury.
More than 11,000 vehicles travel along these sections of Victor Harbor Road each day during the peak holiday period in summer.
The upgrades are funded by the Australian and South Australian governments (80:20) and form part of the $810 million Fleurieu Connections projects.
In addition to these upgrades, new pedestrian refuges will be installed at Victor Harbor and Middleton to provide safer crossing points for pedestrians and cyclists. They will be installed at:
- Victoria Street near Oval Road, Victor Harbor.
- Goolwa Road near Thomas Street, Middleton.
In another milestone for safer roads on the Fleurieu Peninsula, the safety barrier and sealed shoulder works have been completed on Main South Road between Myponga and Second Valley.
The planned pedestrian refuges, and completed works between Myponga and Second Valley, form part of the $168 million National Road Safety program funded by the Australian and South Australian governments (50:50).