February 18th, 2024New 40km speed zone mooted for Daylesford CBD

Hepburn Shire Council officers have been working with the Department of Transport and Planning on a proposal for a new 40 kilometre per hour speed zone in the central business district of Daylesford.

A formal application has previously been submitted to DTP, who have worked with the council in considering the proposal which will now be submitted to the relevant minister for approval in the coming weeks.

The proposed zone is envisaged to encompass the Daylesford Primary School, Daylesford Preschool, outdoor swimming pool, bowling club, Coles, police station and the Howe/Vincent Street shopping precincts.

The council’s website states:

“The Department of Transport has ultimate control of speed limits in Victoria. However, any requests to change speed limits on local roads needs to come from council.

“Where evidence of a required review exists, officers will review the speed limit against the standards. If a change in speed limit has some merit, Council receives additional input from local police.

“Enforcement of speeding is responsibility of Victoria Police.

“Some roads have no sign posted speed limit. These are default limits. Currently all urban speeds limits are 50km/hr unless signposted differently and 100km/h on rural roads. Default limits exist because it is not possible to fully evaluate every road in the shire, often they have low traffic volumes and are predominately used by local vehicles.”