Duplication of Donnybrook Road

State electorate: Kalkallo
Federal electorate: McEwen 

The Hume community needs full duplication of Donnybrook Road from Polaris Road to Donnybrook Train Station, to support one of Victoria’s fastest growing residential and employment corridors.

Why is it important to the Hume City community?

Donnybrook Road is a critical east–west arterial serving the rapidly growing communities of Mickleham and Kalkallo. Population growth has far outpaced road capacity, creating daily congestion, unsafe driving conditions and increasing stress for residents.

It matters to the community because:

• Donnybrook Road connects residents to employment, schools, shops and Donnybrook Station.

• Communities that once housed farms now support tens of thousands of residents.

• The road currently services more than 38,000 people, with significant growth still to come.

• Congestion reduces time people spend with family and increases daily frustration.

• Unsafe driving behaviours are increasing as motorists try to avoid delays.

• Emergency services are frequently delayed in peak periods.

• Road incidents can completely isolate neighbourhoods.

• Limited public and active transport options increase car dependency.

• Future developments, including Cloverton, will dramatically increase demand.

What is the current status?

Donnybrook Road remains largely unduplicated despite traffic volumes that exceed its design capacity. While some funding has been committed, urgent gaps remain that continue to impact safety, access and reliability.

Key current issues include:

• The road operates mostly as a single lane in each direction.

• Traffic volumes exceed 35,000 vehicles per day in key sections. Capacity of an undivided road is approximately 20,000 vehicles per day.

• Heavy vehicle numbers have increased substantially.

• Congestion occurs daily during peak periods.

• Emergency vehicles are delayed by traffic congestion and Communities lack alternative routes during incidents.

• Motorists undertake risky behaviour due to long delays.

• The Hume Freeway overpass is a major bottleneck.

• State and Federal Governments have committed $125 million to upgrade part of the corridor, however this funding does not address all critical congestion points.

• Council is seeking further investment to duplicate priority sections now, not later.

Our community says

Sophie (Resident)

“Every morning I feel like I’m trapped on Donnybrook Road for half my commute. The line barely moves, and any minor incident turns the whole stretch into a parking lot.”

Jade (Local parent)

“Getting my kids to daycare is a nightmare when traffic stalls. Some mornings we barely move for 20 minutes – one breakdown or crash and the whole road just shuts down.”

Gurpreet (New estate resident)

“It blows my mind that they approved so many new estates but didn’t upgrade the road. We’re all stuck in the same bottleneck, and it can take ages to just get out of the suburb. It’s honestly exhausting being stuck like that every day."