Roads Advocacy

There are a number of roads within Hume City that require an injection of State and/or Federal Government funds to alleviate congestion improve community safety and improve the livability and amenity of our community.

Bulla Bypass

The proposed Bulla Bypass is an arterial road that is critical to relieving pressure on the Sunbury Bulla Road and improving connectivity between Sunbury and the existing and future employment nodes and service centres in the Northern Growth Corridor. It is important in the short-term to provide capacity along Sunbury-Bulla Road for future development in Sunbury’s East.

The vehicle volumes along Sunbury Road are in excess of 25,000 vehicles per day which alone identifies Sunbury Road as requiring duplication but population forecasts predicting Sunbury’s population will increase by 12,000 or 30% by 2020 and 70% by 2030, means something has to be planned sooner rather than later.

Why is it important?

Traffic accidents continue along Sunbury Road in spite of upgrades at Oaklands Road and Melbourne-Lancefield Road. There have been 60 crashes in the last 5 year recorded period. Two of these were fatalities and 27 resulted in serious injuries.

Council is pleased that the Bulla Bypass Planning Study has identified a preferred route for the Bulla Bypass and that work has commenced on the process for a Planning Scheme Amendment. To enable the planned growth of Sunbury, it is important that work to build the road commences quickly once the alignment is secured

The support we need

Council is seeking a commitment for work on the Bulla Bypass to proceed quickly once the Planning Scheme Amendment has been completed to secure the alignment.

What can you do? Help us advocate and be heard!

Somerton Road duplication

Somerton Road (linked to Cooper Street) is an important west-east road link in the Northern Growth Corridor.  

It connects fast growing residential areas, such as Greenvale and Epping, with health services (including the Northern Hospital), train stations, shopping centres, the Hume Highway, the Epping Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market and provides an important alternative route to Melbourne Airport (via Mickleham Road). 

Somerton Road is currently duplicated between the Hume Highway and Roxburgh Park Drive. Vehicles and cyclists travelling further west must negotiate a single carriageway to Mickleham Road.  

Around 25,000 vehicles per day use this section of Somerton Road, and often bring traffic to a standstill. An undivided road also poses significant safety concerns when traffic volumes reach this level. 

Additionally, the time people spend in their cars on congested roads lessens the time they can spend with their family and friends.

Why is it important?

Inadequate public transport provision in Greenvale, Craigieburn West and Craigieburn North has led to an over-reliance on car usage, with more than 72 per cent of Greenvale residents, 69 per cent of Craigieburn residents and more than 70 per cent of Roxburgh Park residents driving to work by car. 

The growth taking place in Greenvale (population predicted to double by 2036) and Craigieburn (population predicted to increase by 50 per cent by 2036) has led to the demand for Aitken Boulevard. 

Aitken Boulevard is providing a more direct route between Craigieburn, Roxburgh Park, Broadmeadows and Melbourne Airport; also increasing pressure on Somerton Rd. Government investment in Somerton Road will alleviate current traffic congestion and mitigate the implications of future population growth in this important part of Melbourne’s north. 

The support we need

Funding for the duplication of Somerton Road between Roxburgh Park Drive and Kirkham Drive.

What can you do? Help us advocate and be heard!

Mickleham Road duplication

Mickleham Road is a key north-south road link in the Northern Growth Corridor. It connects established communities in southern Hume (Tullamarine) and Melbourne Airport, with the suburbs of Greenvale West and Craigieburn - two of the fastest growing communities in Australia. 

Mickleham Road is currently duplicated between Melrose Drive, Tullamarine and Somerton Road, Greenvale and then reverts to a single carriageway. This single carriageway has not changed since the road was constructed to service what once was a rural community in the north of Melbourne. 

New residential subdivisions are being established on both sides of Mickleham Road, which is placing pressure on this section of the road. Since 2015, there has been a 35 per cent increase in the number of vehicle trips along Mickleham Road north of Somerton Road, with motorists taking more than 28,000 trips along this section of the arterial road, battling congestion. This often brings the road to a standstill. 

This impacts on the reliability of travel throughout the area and has the potential to impact the bottom line of businesses travelling along this route - an issue that will be magnified in coming years with new major businesses to be established in Mickleham.

Why is it important?

The growth taking place in Greenvale (population predicted to double by 2036) and Craigieburn (population predicted to increase by 50 per cent by 2036) is placing pressure on a number of key road links in Hume City’s Northern Growth Corridor. 

Compounding this, inadequate public transport provision in Greenvale, Craigieburn West and Craigieburn North has led to an over-reliance on cars, with more than 72 per cent of Greenvale residents, 69 per cent of Craigieburn residents and more than 70 per cent of Roxburgh Park residents driving to work by car.  

Ultimately, the time people spend in their cars on congested roads lessens the time they can spend with their family and friends. 

Without duplication of Mickleham Road between Somerton Road and Craigieburn Road, congestion will worsen. 

The support we need

The Victorian Government to provide funding to duplicate Mickleham Road between Somerton Road and Craigieburn Road.

What can you do? Help us advocate and be heard!