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0432 621 742 bsaferoofing@gmail.com ● Melissa Horne, Minister for Roads and Road Safety ■ Motorists across Melbourne’s north-east are Final finishing works are also continuing as experiencing smoother, safer journeys thanks to part of the Fitzsimons Lane Upgrade, with new the completion of important road maintenance traffic lights at the Main Rd intersection already works on a key arterial road. making it safer – easing congestion for more Melissa Horne, Minister for Roads and Road than 60,000 motorists who drive through this busy Safety, said the $4 million road rehabilitation corridor each day. works along a 1.7-kilometre stretch of Yarra St Minor works are continuing to take place at and Ringwood-Warrandyte Rd in Warrandyte the Fitzsimons Lane intersections at Main Rd have strengthened and restored the condition of and Porter St, as well as the Foote St and the road for years to come. Williamson Rd intersection which will be comAs part of the works, crews have replaced pleted in early 2023. the road surface, repaired the structural layer of “We have been able to get on with completthe road and upgraded line marking between ing these important works as part of the ongoing Kangaroo Ground-Warrandyte Rd and Jump- investment in upgrading and maintaining ing Creek Rd. road network,” said Ms Horne. Drainage and other maintenance works were Victoria’s “These works are built to last and ensure also undertaken to future-proof the road. The works were part of the State Labor motorists in Warrandyte can experience Government’s $780 million investment to re- smoother, safer and more reliable journeys for build, repair and resurface more than 1,600 years to come.” Sonja Terpstra, Eastern Metropolitan Rekilometres of the state’s roads. Across the state, crews will deliver more than gion MLC, said: “The completion of works at 1300 individual road maintenance projects, patch Kangaroo Ground-Warrandyte is a boon for thousands of potholes and replace and repair all road users – ensuring better traffic flow and safer, smoother travel.” 20,000 roadside signs.