JUST over $2 million has been allocated by the federal government to fix local roads.
The 2020/2021 “black spot funding program” will provide funds for three major projects.
More than $1 million has been set aside for works on Mount Eliza Way. Wombat crossings will be installed at all pedestrian crossings and flashing lights at two-thirds of the crossings on the area.
There will be $778,000 spent on works at Frankston-Dandenong Road and O’Grady Road in Carrum Downs. A part time control right turn into O’Gradys road will be constructed, and the right lane will be extended to 120 metres.
McClelland Drive and Skye Road in Langwarrin will be modified to a roundabout at a cost of just under $200,000.
Dunkley MP Peta Murphy welcomed the announcement but was disappointed that funding was not allocated to works at McCormicks Road.
A 92-year-old woman was struck and killed on the road on 29 July last year. She was returning to the Oak Tree Retirement Village after going shopping when she was hit, and died at the scene.
“More than a month ago, I wrote to Urban Infrastructure Minister Alan Tudge supporting Frankston City Council’s request for fast tracked black spot funding for a pedestrian intersection at McCormicks Road, where a fatality occurred last year,” Ms Murphy said. “I had previously supported the community to petition the council for a crossing at that location and was very pleased on their behalf when the council put it forward for federal funding. It is a big disappointment that the Morrison government has ignored this request.”
Ms Murphy said she put forward the McCormicks Road project, as well as works at Warrandyte Road and Hall Road, to Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack so that they would be considered for funding.