Community and business feedback
Design option development
As part of the planning stage of the project we conducted a range of investigations including traffic modelling, social studies and environmental investigations. These helped us to understand environmental and social impacts, develop design options, and confirm scope and costs of the project.
We also sought feedback from stakeholders and the local community to inform the project scope.
From Monday 6 March to Sunday 26 March 2023, we asked the community and local businesses about how they were using the intersection as well as their views on safety, traffic flow and what we should consider in our planning and design options. Feedback highlighted strong support for a Thompsons Road and Berwick-Cranbourne Road Intersection Upgrade and that the roundabout should be converted to traffic signals to improve safety and reduce travel times.
More than 1,800 community and business surveys were completed, and over 90 pieces of feedback were provided on our interactive map:
- 96% of community respondents and 95% of business respondents support an upgrade
- 87% of community respondents have concerns with the current intersection. When asked what concerns they have (multiple choice), the top responses were traffic flow (78%), safety (70%), road user behaviour (58%), and travel times (49%)
- 88% of community respondents rated traffic flow as poor or very poor, 9% said fair, and 3% said good or very good
- 92% of community respondents rate the current walking and cycling paths at the intersection as very poor or poor.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide feedback. For further information on what we heard, view the Community and Business Consultation Summary (PDF, 2.9 MB).
Project boundary plan
From Friday 12 April to Sunday 28 April 2024, we asked the community to provide feedback on the project boundary plan. The plan defined where permanent and temporary works, including the placement of our site compounds, will take place.
The feedback we received formed part of our planning submission to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide feedback.