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Project design

The Ballan Road Intersection Upgrade will improve travel times, journey reliability and safety in Wyndham Vale by:

replacing the congested roundabout at Ballan Road, Greens Road, and McGrath Road north with a new traffic light intersection, adding extra lanes through the intersection to improve travel time and journey reliability
adding new traffic lights at McGrath Road south near the 7-Eleven, making it safer and easier to turn right towards Werribee
providing dedicated pedestrian crossings and shared walking and cycling paths, making it easier to move between homes, services, schools, and businesses
introducing a new bus priority lane on Ballan Road to improve public transport reliability.

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Permanent changes to the way you travel

To build the upgrade and make way for the new lanes at the intersection, shared paths, and priority bus lane, we’ve had to make some changes to the way you travel through the area and changes to the way you access some properties, businesses, and local roads.

We understand that these changes may be inconvenient and be different to how you now travel around the area. However, they’re needed to help improve traffic flow and make it safer to travel around your local area.

Once the Ballan Road Intersection Upgrade is complete, you won’t be able to turn right from Ballan Road into McGrath Road north to travel towards Heaths Road.

Instead, you’ll need to:

turn left onto Greens Road and make a U-turn, or
continue along Ballan Road and turn right at Bolton Road.

We understand this change may be significant for some drivers. It’s been made to support smoother and more reliable journeys along Ballan Road to and from Werribee, which is the busiest movement through the intersection.

If you’re coming from Werribee or further east and heading to McGrath Road north, you’ll be able to choose an alternative route earlier in your journey.

A right turn from Ballan Road will still be available at the new traffic light intersection with McGrath Road south, providing access to local businesses including the food outlets, car wash and BP service station.

To improve traffic flow through the upgraded intersection, we’ll add an extra lane on Greens Road. This will increase capacity during each green light cycle before merging back into one lane further along Greens Road.

As a result, there won’t be enough space to safely keep the existing left-turn entry into Wembley Street and the Greens Road service road. To access these roads, you’ll need to continue along Greens Road and use Honour Avenue or Valewood Drive instead.

You’ll still be able to turn left out of Wembley Street onto Greens Road.

As part of the upgrade, we’re increasing the number of lanes on Ballan Road at the new traffic light intersection with McGrath and Greens roads.

To make space for these new lanes, we’ll relocate the access point to Windsor Avenue and Ballan Road.

In response to feedback received at a community information pop-up in April 2025, the relocated access will be positioned around 50 metres further from the intersection.

You’ll still be able to:

turn left or right from Ballan Road into the service road
turn left out of the service road onto Ballan Road to travel towards Werribee.

If you’re heading towards Manor Lakes, you can either:

make a U-turn at the upgraded intersection, or
exit the service road at Bolton Road instead.

Project design

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Permanent changes to the way you travel

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