Articles tagged: Colac-Ballarat Road
Long weekend of road rescues
District emergency services have been kept busy during the long weekend with three car crashes in the space of four hours.
Road repaired near Cressy
Colac district motorists can expect smoother travelling along Colac-Ballarat Road, with much-needed upgrades to the road now complete.
MP calls to reinstate voice for road safety
Polwarth MP Richard Riordan says the reinstatement of the Victorian Road Safety Committee could be a way of ensuring desperately needed road upgrades.
Ballarat road labelled ‘beyond dangerous’
Colac district motorists have labelled the Colac-Ballarat Road as “disgusting”, “scary”, “beyond dangerous” and “an accident waiting to happen”.
Two more crashes at roundabout site
An infamous roundabout in Colac’s East has seen two crashes in less than 24 hours.
An offal situation on the highway
A spilled load of lamb guts closed a lane of a busy Colac East roundabout this week, with the offending vehicle’s driver to face court following the incident.
Funding boost for road to Ballarat
Regular travellers between Colac and Ballarat will benefit from a $1.89-million road upgrade.
Police investigating truck rollover
Police are investigating the circumstances of a truck rollover at Colac-Ballarat Road this morning.
Riordan in roundabout row
Polwarth MP Richard Riordan says a newly built roundabout at Colac East is an accident waiting to happen and is demanding the State Government make urgent improvements at the site.
Safety boost for region’s arterial roads
Construction crews are continuing work to improve the Colac district’s key arterial roads.
Livestock truck crash kills sheep
Emergency services yesterday responded to a sheep transport rollover on the Colac-Ballarat Road, killing dozens of sheep.
Safety advocate says road re-alignments vital
A Colac road safety advocate says we can expect more fatalities and traffic crashes at the region’s worst intersections unless authorities re-align the roads.
