Eltham Liberal candidate Nick McGowan vows to remove Greensborough’s ’deathtrap’ roundabout

ONE of the state’s most dangerous roundabouts will be replaced with an underpass if the Opposition wins the November state election.

ONE of Victoria’s most dangerous roundabouts will be replaced with an underpass, if the Coalition wins the November state election.

Liberal candidate for Eltham Nick McGowan promised to remove the Civic Drive roundabout in Greensborough, in addition to Eltham’s Fitzsimons Lane, as part of the Opposition’s “congestion-busting policy”.

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The plan would include the removal of 35 of Melbourne’s most congested roundabouts in the Liberals’ first term and 20 in its second.

“The roundabout at Civic Drive is a deathtrap,” Mr McGowan said.

“It requires urgent removal and the only way to make it safe … is to remove the intersection of cars crossing in front of one another at speed.”

An underpass will make it safer for city and Diamond Creek-bound traffic plus drivers moving across Greensborough, he said.

According to VicRoads traffic signal volume data, there was a 10.9 per cent increase in the past two years, with an extra 12,193 vehicles passing through the roundabout on a typical weekday.

On average, in June 2018, 96,242 vehicles a day used the roundabout.

“Times have changed though sadly little investment has been made locally in our aged road infrastructure. This has been despite massive population growth and overdevelopment,” Mr McGowan said.

Opposition leader Matthew Guy said his government would “get Melbourne traffic moving”.

Roads Minister Luke Donnellan previously told News Corp the opposition’s policy was “half baked”.

“It’s no use getting a grade separation happening that results in a pinch point 500 to 600m down the road,” Mr Donnellan said.

The state election will be held on Saturday, November 24.

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