MOUNT Eliza shoppers can expect to be frustrated a little longer as roadworks continue to block street car parks.
Mornington Peninsula Shire is undertaking stage two of a pedestrian safety improvement project in central Mount Eliza that is causing some traffic disruptions. The project is being paid for through the federal government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure and Black Spot program.
Road rehabilitation works on Mount Eliza Way were completed early this year, and the next stage to be delivered in two phases includes a reduced speed limit on the Mount Eliza Way shopping strip from 50 to 40kph and in residential areas from 60 to 50 kph.
The work will also include painting 40kph pavement marking within the shopping precinct and converting zebra crossings in shopping strip into raised a pedestrian “wombat” crossing.
There will also be flashing yellow pedestrian warning lights installed at the two pedestrian crossings, electronic 40kph speed limit signs in the Mount Eliza Way shopping strip, and a pedestrian refuge island in Canadian Bay Road, between Mount Eliza Community Hall and the unsealed overflow car park.
More work is scheduled in early February 2023 in the shopping precinct between 7am and 5pm with the closing of one lane.
First published in the Mornington News – 13 December 2022
