Traffic congestion along Sturt and Gillies streets and Remembrance Drive will significantly drop by 2018, according to developers behind the $4 million Lucas Community Hub.
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Integra land development manager Nick Grylewicz said planned works for the Ballarat Link Road will make a huge difference for those living and using roads in the western growth corridor.
Construction works from the freight park through to Dyson Drive are earmarked to begin early next year.
“In terms of accessibility for residents at Lucas, once completed, the road will provide direct access from Dyson Drive to the Ring Road and therefore faster access to the Western Freeway and improved access to the Wendouree Railway Station,” he said.
Just weeks ago, the City of Ballarat completed final planning of the Ballarat Link Road’s 1B section, with works expected to begin in the coming months. Mr Grylewicz said residents from the surrounding suburbs travel to the Lucas Town Centre to access the supermarket, Wilsons Fruit and Vegetables and the medical centre.
The next 2.5-kilometre stage of the road project will connect Remembrance Drive in Alfredton to a new access point, Liberator Drive, to the Ballarat West Employment Zone near the intersection of Ring Road and Trewin Street.
Most recent VicRoads statistics show an average of 21,000 vehicles traversed Sturt Street daily between Dyson Drive and Gillies Street in 2015 – a 38 per cent increase from 15,200 in 2010.
A stretch of the Ballarat-Carngham Road between Dyson Drive and Wiltshire Lane playwed host to an average of 3,000 vehicles per day last year, a 63 per cent increase from 2010.
Ballarat south ward councillor Des Hudson said it was imperative the “right balance of road and community infrastructure” was established to keep pace with soaring population growth forecast for the region.
“We need to ensure young families moving into the residential areas get access to maternal child health care services, schools and community based infrastructure,” he said.