A much anticipated safety upgrade at one of Narre Warren’s busiest intersections is now complete thanks to the State Government.
Narre Warren North MP Luke Donnellan said the new fully controlled right turn at the intersection of Saxonwood Drive, Fullard Road and Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road will improve safety for everyone.
The $690,000 project involved a widening of the centre median along Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road, remodelling of the traffic signals and resurfacing of the intersection.
Improvements have also been made to line-marking to better guide pedestrians crossing Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road and motorists turning right from both Saxonwood Drive and Fullard Road onto Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road.
The installation of a dedicated right-turn arrow will improve safety for motorists as vehicles will only turn right when there is a green turning arrow, greatly reducing the risk of crashes between right turning and oncoming traffic.
The upgrades will boost safety for the 60,000 motorists travel through the busy intersection every day and give pedestrians a safer way to cross.
Between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2019, there were seven crashes at this intersection including one causing serious injury.
The intersection is one of 20 high risk intersections across Melbourne undergoing improvement works as part of a $1.4 billion investment in the Towards Zero plan, a plan to lower the road toll and reduce serious injury on our roads.
“We’ve listened to locals in Narre Warren who have told us that something needs to be done to make these intersections safer for them to travel through every day and that’s exactly what
we’re doing,” Mr Donnellan said.
