One of Ballarat's busiest intersections is about to slow for upgrade works

Works to install traffic lights outside Delacombe Town Centre are scheduled to start next week and could last until June in a state government overhaul of Ballarat's notorious traffic hotspots.

The roundabout at the Glenelg Highway and Wiltshire Lane will be replaced as part of the $60.8 million Keeping Ballarat Moving plan, handed down in the 2019 state budget and a Labor election promise from 2018.

This project will also feature safer crossing points for pedestrians and cyclists in the precinct.

Drivers are encouraged to allow an extra 10 minutes during upgrades.

The latest works were confirmed by Victorian Roads Minister Ben Carroll's office on Monday morning.

The government estimates more than 15,000 drivers travel through the residential and commercial area each day.

These works come a month after works were finished on what had been one of the city's most dangerous school crossings outside Loreto College at the intersection of Sturt, Russell and Morrison streets. This was part of a $4.8 million pledge to improve the western end of Sturt Street.

Further works in the Keeping Ballarat Moving package include installation of traffic lights at La Trobe Street and Wiltshire Lane in Delacombe, which is one of the most notoriously busy roundabouts in the area. These works are due for completion mid next year.

New traffic lights on Gillies Street, at the Gregory Street intersection, are expected to be finished late this year or early next year, depending on the weather.

A section of Learmonth Street will be fully closed during the "holiday period" at the end of 2021 until early 2022.

Also set to start next year are upgrades to the Albert and Hertford streets intersection in Sebastopol, the duplication of Albert Street between Queen and Docwra streets and construction of a new roundabout at Dyson Drive and Ballarat-Carngham Road.

Wendouree MP Juliana Addison and Buninyong MP Michaela Settle said these upgrades were vital to keep people moving safely.

"The Delacombe and Winter Valley community is growing as more and more people are choosing to live in this thriving part of Ballarat," Wendouree MP Juliana Addison said. "It's important that road infrastructure is keeping pace with this growth."

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