December 21, 2016
The Australian and Victorian Governments have today announced works to construct the duplication of the Princes Highway East from Reid Drive, Wurruk to west of Sale-Heyfield Road, Fulham are fully open to traffic.
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said the Fulham section now provided 2.9 kilometres of duplicated highway from west of Sale Heyfield Road, Fulham to the Wurruk duplication into Sale.
“The 2.9 kilometre section of the duplication includes the construction of a new roundabout at the Sale Heyfield Road intersection with a separate left hand turn for Heyfield bound vehicles in response to the poor safety record of this intersection,” Mr Chester said.
“The recent works now provide a duplicated highway all the way to Sale from Fulham, which makes for journey reliability, improved safety and traffic flow.”
These works have delivered a range of improvements including two lanes in each direction separated by a 15 metre wide median with two new west-bound lanes to the south of the existing highway and the upgrade of the Polocross Lane intersection to include a wide median to provide protection for turning traffic, while maintaining priority for highway traffic.
“The intersection improvements at Sale Heyfield Road and Polocross Lane will make it safer for vehicles turning off and onto the highway,” Mr Chester said.
Victorian Minister for Roads and Road Safety Luke Donnellan said the duplication would provide safer access to and from the highway.
“This is the sixth section of the Princes Highway East we’ve upgraded – cutting travel times for Victorians travelling between Traralgon and Sale,” Mr Donnellan said.
Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing said the upgrades were a big boost to the freight industry.
“A stronger, safer, and more reliable road will help to reduce the cost of doing business and support the growth of our local industry and tourism in Gippsland,” Ms Shing said.
