Thank you to everyone who provided feedback to the speed review conducted in April and May this year. We received an overwhelming number of responses.

Two reports have been released:

• What We Heard report - summarising community feedback from the engagement survey conducted in April and May 2025.
• Consultant report - outlining the technical assessment, informed by both community input and road safety guidelines.

Area wide speed changes to 40 km/h and 30 km/h have been proposed.

These speed changes have been made to:

• Ensure consistency across the network, including roads not managed by Council, ie. Great Ocean Road.
• Make our streets safer for all road users, families, wildlife, etc.
• Making sure the community amenity is maintained for each area.

Travel time will only increase by up to 30 seconds with these speed changes.

When reviewing speeds, the specialists considered the following:

• Ensuring speed management will contribute to a safer, more efficient and more livable road network in each township.
• Enhance road safety by ensuring speed settings are appropriate for the conditions and risks of the network.
• Aligning speed limits with the actual road environment, its function and the needs of all road users, while also supporting smoother traffic flow and improving driver compliance.
• Balancing safety with accessibility and livability, while considering the requirements of local residents, businesses and visitors.

Local roads were categorised into four categories and a set of criteria developed for safe speeds for each category. The criteria included the amount of pedestrian and cycling activities, presence of footpath, road surface type, risk assessment, community preferences and road geometry.

The road categories are:

• Shared use areas – car park, shared zone or pedestrian priority shared zone.
• Urban collectors – Roads which are categorized as collector roads and not a shared use area.
• Activity Access Roads – Access roads as part of the immediate network, which provide connection to the points of interest, such as schools, shops, tourist attractions, etc, that have a high number of pedestrians (can vary throughout the year).
• Residential access roads – Typical residential access roads.

Please note the Great Ocean Road was not part of this speed review. The Great Ocean Road is managed by the Department of Transport and Planning.

Update Tuesday 20 May 2025

Consultation on the Speed Limit Review has closed. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback. Your contribution is appreciated.

The purpose of the engagement was to hear about your feelings of safety when using local roads around Anglesea, Aireys Inlet, Fairhaven and Moggs Creek. The engagement was open from Monday 14 April to Monday 19 May 2025.

During this time we collected:

Further updates will be posted to this site as the project progresses.

Please click 'follow' above to be notified of these updates via email.

Introduction

We are reviewing speed limits on local Council-managed roads in the Anglesea, Aireys Inlet, Fairhaven and Moggs Creek townships.

Our aim is to create safer streets for all road users, including motorists, cyclists, pedestrians and wildlife.

We want to hear from the community about your feelings of safety when using these local roads.

Your feedback will be considered alongside expert technical assessments to determine locations for speed limit reductions.

The Great Ocean Road is not included in this speed review. This speed review is about local roads managed by Council. The Great Ocean Road is managed by Transport Victoria.

Project detail

In November 2024, Surf Coast Shire Council was allocated funding through the Victorian Government's Regional Speed Package for Barwon South West to review, identify and implement speed zone changes in the coastal townships of Anglesea, Aireys Inlet, Fairhaven and Moggs Creek.

The project aims to support safer pedestrian, cyclist and motorist access through the towns.

The speed review will be conducted in two parts:

• Survey of the community that uses these roads; and
• A consultant will conduct a technical assessment of the roads.

The technical assessment and survey data will be used to identify suitable locations for speed limit reductions, in an effort to improve community safety.

Based on the findings of two-part review, we will start a process with Transport Victoria to implement speed limit reductions at identified locations.

Survey

We are seeking to broadly understand your feelings of safety as a road user in each town in the context of the existing speed zones. There is also an opportunity via an interactive map to identify particular roads or areas of concern.

The technical assessment will deliver specific recommendations for revised speed limits on identified roads, based on state wide speed zoning policy. Your feedback is an important part of the data we collect to inform the review.

Our review has been triggered by safety concerns including:

• Crashes involving vulnerable road users.
• Mixed users of the road, including cyclists, pedestrians, motorcyclists, tourists, cars, caravans and tour busses.
• Variation of traffic depending on the season.
• Limited pathways for pedestrians.
• Limited safe road crossings.
• A mix of gravel and sealed roads, leading to varied road conditions.
• Mostly bush environments with crashes involving native animals.
• A number of rural roads with low lighting levels at night, which there is a community desire to maintain to support wildlife and amenity.

Click the 'follow' button at the top of the page to stay up to date with this project.