Articles tagged: Princes Highway
Officers probe crash, flag thefts
Police are continuing to investigate a crash at the Princes Highway roundabout at Colac East that left two people hospitalised.
Pay attention to roads, traffic changes: police
Police are urging caution after two collisions at separate intersections of Cape Otway Road this week.
Authorities slash overgrown highway grass
Maintenance crews are slashing the grass along the Princes Highway at Colac East, following community concerns about its overgrown state.
Incident leaves two hospitalised
Emergency services have responded to a crash on a notorious Birregurra road that left two people injured.
Expensive lesson for district driver
A district man who lost his licence after racking up $10,000 in unpaid fines has added an extra $400 to his total for driving while suspended at Winchelsea.
Crews clean up diesel spillage
A diesel spill following a truck collision near Winchelsea has disrupted traffic for multiple hours.
Council cleans up in east
Colac Otway Shire Council crews have been out and about cleaning up the roadsides along the Princes Highway, but a proposal to take over the area around the Colac East entrance sign has dissipated.
Please fix the Princes
“We see it on the daily”. Princes Highway potholes are causing havoc on Colac district vehicles, with reports of four cars towed in the space of hours in Colac’s west.
Truck rollovers cause delays through district
Two separate truck rollovers caused delays on major Colac district roads on Monday.
Land could link Lake to highway
Surplus school land could help create a new key road linking Lake Colac and the Princes Highway.
Call for highway safety review following Colac man’s death
A Victorian Coroner has called for a safety review of the Princes Highway at Pomborneit, where a Colac man died last year after his vehicle hit a koala before a head-crash with a milk tanker.
Huge highway holes raised in parliament
Huge holes on the Princes Highway east of Colac are taking out cars and transport trucks alike, a regional MP has told the Victorian Parliament.
Poor reviews for patch of Princes Highway
The Princes Highway, west of Colac, has been ranked number eight in a list of the 12 worst roads in Victoria, according to a road-user survey.
Quick patch on Princes Highway
A series of deep potholes on the Princes Highway that caused damage to multiple vehicles over the weekend have been patched by VicRoads. But a driver who hit the potholes has called it a “shocking patch-up job”.
Car rolls in highway crash
A man was hospitalised after his car crashed into wire safety barriers on the Princes Highway and his car flipped.
Pirron pothole repaired after incident
A dangerous pothole on the Princes Highway near Pirron Yallock has been repaired, but there’s no plans for further speed reductions.
Road repairs for highway
Highway workers have been making repairs to the crumbling Princes Highway east of Colac.
Side-swipe driver enters guilty plea
A South Australian man must be on his best behaviour for the next year after failing to stop after side-swiping a car on the Princes Highway.
MP pushing for roundabout fix
The ongoing state of the Princes Highway roundabout at Colac East has come up as a topic in State Parliament.
Highway speedsters caught
Two men caught speeding on the Princes Highway have lost their licences but avoided further penalties.
Two more crashes at roundabout site
An infamous roundabout in Colac’s East has seen two crashes in less than 24 hours.
MPs push for answers on crumbling highways
South-west Victorian MPs have spoken in State Parliament demanding government action to fix the region’s crumbling roads, including the “perilously unsafe” Princes Highway.
Baby girl unrestrained as dad speeds at 118kmh
A man who had his daughter unrestrained in the back seat of his car while speeding must pay a fine.
Crumbling highway needs fix
Huge potholes are creating traffic hazards on the recently upgraded Princes Highway between Colac and Winchelsea but “some maintenance” is coming.
