Update
Safety improvement works will vary at each site and may include splitter island installation, path widening, asphalt sealing of approaches, drainage improvements, installation of reflective tape or markers, installation of handrails or installation of additional signs.
Safety improvement works will be delivered at the following locations:
Murray to Mountains Rail Trail
- Great Alpine Road, Eurobin
- Great Alpine Road, Bright
- Great Alpine Road, Porepunkah
- Murray Valley Highway, Rutherglen
Great Victorian Rail Trail
- Maroondah Highway, Merton
- Melba Highway, Yea
- Goulburn Valley Highway, Kerrisdale
- Goulburn Valley Highway, Homewood
- Goulburn Valley Highway, Yea
- Pelissier Street, Yea
- Old Goulburn Valley Highway, Homewood
High Country Rail Trail
- Murray Valley Highway, Tallangatta
Cudgewa-Wodonga Rail Trail
- Murray Valley Highway, Tallangatta
Additional
- Kiewa Valley Highway, Tawonga South
- Merton, Mansfield (environmental works)
Overview
The Hume Region will be made safer thanks to the joint Victorian and Australian Government Road Safety Program, designed to reduce road trauma and save lives.
The Road Safety Program funding supports the fast roll-out of lifesaving road safety treatments on rural and regional roads and promotes greater protection for vulnerable road users, like cyclists and pedestrians, in urban areas.
Details
Safety improvement works have been delivered already at the following locations:
Murray to Mountains Rail Trail
- Great Alpine Road, Myrtleford
- All Saints Road, Wahgunyah
- Murray Valley Highway, Rutherglen
Beechworth-Yackandandah Rail Trail
- Beechworth-Wodonga Road, Wooragee.
Great Victorian Rail Trail
- Maroondah Highway, Merton
- Kubeils Road, Merton
- Midland Link, Maindample
- Withers Lane, Mansfield
- Main Road, Tallarook
- Upper Goulburn Road, Tallarook (two sites)
- Goulburn Valley Highway, Trawool
Wallan to Heathcote Rail Trail
- Wallan-Whittlesea Road, Wallan
Benefits
These works will improve the safety and visibility of the rail trail/cycling track access points for all road users.
What happens next?
The Hume Region Rail Trail Cycling Separation Projects will be delivered through a Regional Roads Victoria and local government partnership.
Get in touch
Email: [email protected]