Partial or full temporary road closures are required for a number of reasons including maintenance, construction, film - making and major events etc.
In accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Act we will advise of construction works requiring a full temporary road closure by:
letters to local impacted residents
notification to emergency services and/or
social or other media platforms as deemed necessary.
Emergency access will be maintained at all times.
All appropriate signage will be in place and the traffic controllers on site will provide every assistance to minimise any inconvenience.
Here are some of the major temporary road project and closures across our municipality managed by the City.
This does not include Transport Victoria, Powercor, Barwon Water or other non-local government projects.
Emergency services will continue to have access to the closed section of Batten Road.
Batten Road will remain closed until it is constructed to an urban standard by the neighbouring developers.
This includes the road being sealed and suitable drainage constructed. We do not have an exact timeline for the construction of Batten Road.
We will keep you informed as more information comes to hand.
The developers neighbouring Batten Road are required to rebuild the older roads which service their development so they can manage the increased traffic volumes.
If these roads were to remain open until they were rebuilt, it is likely there would be increased road safety issues.
The road would need additional inspections and maintenance incurring additional cost to Council.
