Image showing new overtaking lane, safety barriers and right-hand turning lane into Creamery Road between Morwell and Mirboo North.

Projects

Strzelecki Highway overtaking lane, Mirboo North

The Victorian Government is investing $8.25 million to improve safety on the Strzelecki Highway between Mirboo North and Morwell.

Project status:

Complete

Works complete – March 2025

Works to install the new overtaking lane, safety barriers and right-hand turning lane into Creamery Road are now complete.

The new overtaking lane will give the thousands of vehicles who use the Strzelecki Highway daily the opportunity to overtake safely between Morwell and Mirboo North.

Road safety infrastructure such as flexible safety barriers help prevent the most common crash types, head-on and run-off-road, which are involved in around 50% of Victoria’s fatal crashes. These barriers are a proven, highly effective way of preventing fatalities and serious injuries on high-speed roads.

Next Steps

While the new overtaking lane and other upgrades are now fully open to traffic, the final sealing works will occur later in 2025 to provide the ultimate durable surface to protect the highway pavement.

We thank you for your patience while we have undertaken these important upgrades.

Details

The upgrades include:

construction of a northbound overtaking lane on the Strzelecki Highway between Mirboo North and Morwell near Creamery Road
a right-hand turn lane into Creamery Road
inclusion of left-hand side and centreline safety barriers.

Background

The Strzelecki Highway is a key link for communities and industries within South Gippsland and Latrobe Valley and provides a connection to the Princes Highway East.

The Highway crosses the Strzelecki Ranges resulting in a mountainous and winding road with a lack of overtaking opportunities due to restricted sight lines and the volume of on-coming traffic.

Prior to the upgrade, there were no northbound overtaking lanes between Mirboo North and Morwell on the Strzelecki Highway.