Ballarto Road Upgrade
Underway
22/01/2025
Project update - March 2025
We have successfully completed the Lyrebird Drive, Dion Drive, McCormicks Drive and Potts Road intersection upgrades. We are continuing upgrade works on Ballarto Road from Boggy Creek to Flora Park Way, including the Greenwood Drive intersection.
Greenwood Drive closure and Ballarto Road eastbound lane closure
From 6am Monday 3 March until late March, access in and out of Greenwood Drive from Ballarto Road will remain closed and Ballarto Road will be reduced to one lane only.
What to expect
During weekdays between 6.30am and 5.30pm:
- The eastbound lane on Ballarto Road between Lyrebird Drive and Flora Park Way will be closed. Only permit holders including Service Road residents and Flinders College school traffic will have access eastbound up to Flinders Christian Community College. We’ll maintain access for emergency services and bus route 760.
- Traffic travelling east will detour via Frankston-Dandenong Road, Hall Road and Western Port Highway.
- Local access will be maintained via Lyrebird Drive and Cockatoo Drive or via Gamble Road and McCormicks Road.
- The westbound lane on Ballarto Road will remain open, with a reduced speed limit in place.
During weeknights between 5.30pm and 6.30am, weekends and public holidays:
- Temporary traffic lights will be operating on Ballarto Road to allow local traffic to take turns travelling in both directions using the one lane.
There will be changed traffic conditions for drivers travelling to Flinders Christian Community College and the Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve carpark. Drivers can turn left and right from Ballarto Road into the Flinders College and Pines Flora and Fauna Reserve carpark. Drivers will only turn left when exiting onto Ballarto Road.
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Public transport changes
The following impacts to bus route 832 will be in place until late March:
- The two bus stops on Greenwood Drive near Ballarto Road intersection have been removed as part of the intersection upgrade and two new bus stops are being constructed near Bainbridge Court.
- Bus stops on Ballarto Road between Lyrebird Drive and Greenwood Drive will not service bus route 832, only bus route 760 will service those bus stops.
- Passengers travelling on bus route 832 can use alternative bus stops on Greenwood Drive near Dorchester Crescent or Lyrebird Drive near the Ballarto Road intersection.
Please visit the Public Transport Victoria website to stay updated with the latest disruption information.
Other works in the area
We’re delivering vital maintenance works on approximately two kilometres of Ballarto Road in Skye between Potts Road and Western Port Highway. The works will involve constructing new road shoulders, replacing layers of the road, asphalt resurfacing and line marking to restore the condition of the road surface. Works are expected to start in early 2025.
For more information please visit the project webpage.
We’re installing a pedestrian crossing controlled by traffic lights on Hall Road near Rowellyn Avenue to make it safer and easier for pedestrians to cross Hall Road. Works are expected to start in mid-March and be completed in mid-2025.
For more information please visit the project webpage.
Support local businesses
While we complete these important upgrades in Carrum Downs and Skye, it’s business as usual for local traders. Access to all businesses remain open.
Shop local during works and support local businesses. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we deliver these important safety upgrades.
Project background
Ballarto Road between Seaford and Skye provides an important east-west link from Frankston-Dandenong Road to Western Port Highway, with approximately 18,000 vehicles using this busy road every day.
Due to constant traffic movements along Ballarto Road, drivers often experience congestion when trying to exit or enter the main road from residential streets.
The $36.5 million project is co-funded by the Australian Government and the Victorian Government, contributing $30 million and $6.5 million respectively. These improvements along Ballarto Road between Seaford and Skye will help drivers get to their destinations sooner and safer.
Environmental care
We share the value that the local community places on the environment. To understand any impacts to flora and fauna, we’ve undertaken detailed ecological and arboricultural impact assessments. We’ve also worked closely with designers to reduce the project footprint and retain as many existing trees and shrubs along Ballarto Road as possible.
As part of these upgrades along Ballarto Road between Lyrebird Drive and Potts Road, 154 trees have been removed. 270 trees and 20,000 indigenous shrubs, groundcovers and tussocks will be replanted along Ballarto Road.
We have provided a number of tree logs to Frankston City Council to be used in natural reserves and for landscaping projects. The logs will provide valuable habitat to echidnas and other small marsupials.
We have also mulched the remainder of the trees to be used for extensive landscaping works between Boggy Creek and Potts Road.
Cultural heritage salvage works
As part of the Cultural Heritage Management Plan requirements from the Bunurong Land and Council Aboriginal Corporation (BLCAC), we have completed salvage works opposite Flinders Christian College.
Benefits
These intersection upgrades will:
- Improve safety for all road users, including vulnerable road users such as pedestrians.
- Help improve traffic flow and access for drivers exiting off or entering onto the main road from residential streets.
- Provide greater capacity to help accommodate current and future traffic volumes.
Get in touch
If you have any questions, please contact us using the email below.
Email: [email protected] with the subject line ‘Ballarto Road intersection upgrades’