Roads
Police concerned drivers choose dangerous option
COLAC’S Highway Patrol officers are warning drivers they are breaking the law if they take a short cut at an intersection between Deans Marsh and Birregurra.
One dead in bus crash
A woman in her 30s died after a tourist bus with seven people on board crashed on the Great Ocean Road at Gellibrand Lower yesterday.
New pathway proposed to take cyclists off road
A SEPARATE proposed cycling and walking track linking Colac and Birregurra would aim to improve road safety along the busy Princes Highway.
Driver loses control of vehicle in Otways
A MELBOURNE driver wrote off his car when he crashed off the Forrest-Apollo Bay Road near Barramunga yesterday afternoon.
Motorists speed on tourist road
POLICE have caught two drivers travelling 38 kilometres an hour over the speed limit on the Great Ocean Road within 20 minutes of each other.
Plan to boost coastal tourism
THE STATE Government has thrown $1 million behind a plan to have people spend more time at towns surrounding the iconic Twelve Apostles.
Start date looms for highway upgrade
CONSTRUCTION on a highway upgrade between Winchelsea and Colac is still a year away.
Success in push for road upgrade
A COMMUNITY campaign to pressure the State Government to fix one of the Colac district’s worst roads can claim a victory, with a $2.97-million commitment announced yesterday.