The Calder Action Group Inc is very pleased to advise the wider community that the Kings Road and Calder Freeway Interchange is well advanced with works and under budget. The Federal and State Government have announced that the opening of this new interchange will now be sometime in the early part of 2012..
The savings from the Kings Road and Calder Freeway Interchange will be directed to the Sunshine Avenue and Calder Freeway area for improvement in traffic management and safety measures.
We have also raised again with the state government proposed safety improvement works along the Calder Freeway between Calder Park Drive and Organ Pipes Road. We are hopeful that the government will provide future budgetary considerations to this area which has experienced a number of serious accidents.
2. The Calder Action Group is very pleased that an acceleration lane extension and better freeway entry from the Calder Park Drv/Calder Freeway to Bendigo northbound was completed in July 2009.
The CAG felt this was warranted and we wrote to Vic Roads previously stating our safety concerns with the flow of traffic from this point.
We are still pursing a longer and new deceleration lane at the Calder Park Drv/Calder Freeway interchange for the same reasons and our hopeful that Vic Roads will look at this request favourably in the near future.
We have also raised the issue with Vic Road to install variable speed signs along this stretch of the Calder Freeway. This will enable the speed to go up during off peak traffic times. This request has been declined due to high traffic volumes and lack of emergency stopping lanes.
The 80km speed limit will remain in place over this road section and operate at all times.
We will keep you posted on all of the above as we are notified.
