Update 27 October 2024
Works to upgrade Coombes Road commenced on Monday 21 October. These works are expected to be completed by August 2025.
Council have engaged Drapers Civils Contracting Pty Ltd to undertake these works.
The works involves construction of a new roundabout, earthworks, landscaping, drainage, public lighting and concrete and asphalt paving.
The works have been broken into four work areas and will have the following traffic interruptions:
- Service locating and tree removal - minimal traffic interruption.
- Surf Coast Highway to Messmate Road - one way local traffic only.
- Messmate to Ghazeepore Road - one way local traffic only.
- Messmate Road roundabout - intersection closure.
Access to properties will be maintained at all times. Please follow all traffic management and signage and observe the temporary changes.
Planning is underway to upgrade Coombes Road.
The works will include:
- Coombes Road being widened (with sealed shoulders for cyclists) and resurfaced from Surf Coast Highway to Ghazeepore Road.
- A roundabout will be installed at the intersection of messmate Road and Coombes Road.
The package of works is going out to tender. When the contract is awarded and the schedule of works is known, residents will be notified of the expected impacts. We will be working with the contractor to minimise these impacts for residents.
We have received requests from residents for a footpath along Coombes Road. While we haven't secured funding for a footpath as part of these works, the road widening works will be designed to allow for a footpath to be installed in the future from Surf Coast Highway to Brumby Drive, subject to funding becoming available.
