Mountain Views
Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
Coldstream pump track a hit in the holidays
Family devastated by stolen vehicle
Looking back at the best 2022 news stories
Top sport achievements from last year
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Rage over roads Mail ISSUE OF THE YEAR
2022 This collision reignited concerns about the safety of the Warburton Highway in Seville East.
Speed reductions and one lane in place due to the Warburton Highway landslip.
difficulties crossing the Warburton Highway safely in August. It wasn’t just community campaigns, road issues were ongoing with potholes a plenty causing costly damage. Warburton and Yarra Glen residents saw the
includes Council’s Roads for Community Initiative, with the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts slating budget pressures as the reason. Turn to pages 9-11 to read more on the major road issues for the year
worst of the poor weather affecting roads with floods causing landslips and road closures. Despite the deteriorating state of our thoroughfares, improvements to residential roads are now in jeopardy after the federal government’s decision to scrap the $300m road sealing project in the 2022-23 budget which
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Residents of the Yarra Ranges have been outraged about the state of local roads throughout 2022, with safety concerns and the deteriorating conditions of arterial highways among their major gripes. Road concerns flooded headlines, with roads being named the issue of the year as long-term concerns flared up again, while others seemed to make a step forward. Among some of the community campaigns were McMahons Creek residents awaiting construction of a pedestrian bridge, Healesville residents petitioning for safety measures at key intersections and Seville East concerns reigniting by a serious crash. The battle also continued for the Coldstream Killara Road and Maroondah Highway intersection, as residents say the federal funded project needs to reach a ‘turning point’. Legally blind Wesburn resident Marie Plueger also pointed out the concerns for pedestrians and those affected by disability in the community, as she told Star Mail about her
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