Local kinder kids had fun learning about roads when the Epping Road Upgrade team visited recently.
Members of the project team attended Epping Preschool for an hour of special educational activities on Monday 25 November.
Appropriately outfitted for the session in child-sized safety vests and hard hats, the children enjoyed a fun talk about how local roads connect their community.
They also enjoyed an activity in which the team helped them design roads to connect local places and amenities.
At the end of the session, the team gave the preschool booklets with road-related activities and games as a special memento of the visit.
Once the upgrade is complete, children, their guardians and staff will enjoy safer and easier travel to the preschool with an additional lane in each direction on Epping Road and improved walking and cycling paths.
The project is adding lanes in each direction between Craigieburn Road East and Memorial Avenue. It will also improve six intersections and deliver better connections for pedestrians and cyclists.
The project’s improvements will provide safer, more-reliable journeys for the 35,000 drivers who use Epping Road daily in Melbourne’s north.
The upgrade is due for completion in 2025.
More information about the Epping Road Upgrade is available on the Epping Road Upgrade project page.