Community
16 August, 2024
Wollaston Road upgrade begins
ON-GROUND work to upgrade Wollaston Road began earlier this week.
Warrnambool mayor Cr Ben Blain said he was excited to see work commence.
“There was a lot of excitement in the community in June when we released some concept images and spoke about everything that the upgrade will involve,” Cr Blain said.
“It’s obviously a growing area, and with development reaching a certain point, it means that the developers are now starting work on the Wollaston Road upgrade.
“Work will be carried out in stages, but the finished project will have so many big improvements with a wider road, new roundabouts, bike lanes, footpaths, lighting, bus stops and better drainage.”
Work has begun between Caramut Road and Roaches Road, with one of the first activities involving the removal of some cypress trees to allow for road widening.
Following the removal of the trees, fill will be placed to build the road embankment to ensure stability of the widened road.
In conjunction with these activities, Powercor will relocate two power poles along this stretch of Wollaston Road.
Property access will be maintained at all times during the works.
A speed limit of 40 km/h will be in place during these works to ensure the safety of both workers and road users.
The westbound lane of Wollaston Road will be temporarily closed at times in this area, with all traffic redirected to the eastbound lane.
Minor delays are expected, but traffic controllers will be on-site to manage the flow and minimise disruption.
This stage of the project is being delivered by Harrington Property Group as part of its Riverland Estate development contributions.
Later this month stormwater drainage installation is scheduled to begin between Sommerville Boulevard and Merri River School, however these early stage works will not have an impact on traffic at this time.
This stage will be delivered by Rodger Constructions as part of its Wollaston Way Estate development contributions.
For more information and to sign up for project update emails, visit www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/wollaston-road.
