Walkable Town

Current

20 Feb

Written By Glenda Scott

Koala walking on the road in Sandy Point

Community Plan Key Theme: Safe Walkways and Roads

Sandy Point walkable town. Peter Slifirski (SPCG) speaks with Mim Hook on ABC Gippsland, 5 February 2026

The SPCG seeks to:

Promote Sandy Point as a “walkable town”
Introduce traffic calming measures
Create safer recreational pathways such as the Sandy Point Road Safe Path and Waratah Way
Reduce light pollution and propose viable alternatives
Recognise and preserve existing pathways, such as the Henderson Track
Support controlled roadside vegetation management

Considerations and actions:

Sandy Point has some unique holiday road issues. Our visiting car population peaks at the same time as pedestrian traffic increases..
SPCG continued to encourage South Gippsland Council and Councillors to design and maintain our streets for all users not just cars.
In response to our lobbying, strategic vegetation trimming around traffic signage took place before the busy summer period. A more significant review and trimming was planned by Council after the summer season, with works to be budget dependant.
We continue to seek a reduction in speed limits around Sandy Point. This includes reducing the 80km/h speed limit on Sandy Point Road. Council do not currently support this but have advised they will investigate options for longer term traffic management controls.
We continue to request upgraded and additional speed limit and walkable town signage within the township.
Successful lobbying by SPCG resulted in the installation of mobile electronic signage on Telopea Drive over the holiday periods. The sign reminds drivers of the 40km/h speed limit in Sandy Point.
Flashing signage has been shown to have a significant behavioural impact especially around speed transition zones (i.e. from 100 km/h to 80 km/h to 40 km/h).
We gained the support of Danny O’Brien’s office in seeking funding from Danny Pearson, Minister for Road Safety/TAC in the acquisition of a permanent trailer/electronic sign and further road calming measures.
Traffic calming measures may include speed humps, raised crosswalks and raised intersections, mini roundabouts, chicanes.