A new survey found that three of Australia's five most congested roads fell to Melbourne, while the top one rarely appeared in related traffic reports or political debates on urban congestion.
It's Burke Road!
Burke Road is a north-south main road with a total length of 12 kilometres through some of Melbourne's most livable suburbs, such as Kew,Camberwell and Malvern East..
And according to the AustRoads survey, it is also Australia's most serious traffic delays.
During congestion, the road is 79% slower than it is when the road is clear, which means it will take you nearly an hour to get through the normal half-hour journey! At this point, the, Burke Road has made other roads famous for being congested "out of touch," ashamed, "and properly seated in the" traffic delay champion "throne.
The survey also found that Australia's 10 most congested roads were split between Sydney and Melbourne, seven of which were Sydney and three in Melbourne.
In addition to Burke Road, the other two are Punt Road and Toorak Road.
The Punt Road also managed to make it to the top five at an average speed of 16.1 km/h in Australia's third-largest. Toorak Road on the congestion list.
In addition, the survey showed that five of the six most congested roads in Melbourne are north-south main roads in the eastern suburbs, including Oriel Road in Middleborough Road,Ivanhoe in Box Hill and Heidelberg West and Williams Road. in Prahran.
The head of RACV said there was a serious congestion problem between the north and south due to poor connectivity to the highway network in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and the fact that many of the main roads were also used as tram routes.
"many of the vehicles on the north-south road are typical examples of, Hoddle Street and Punt Road going east and west through these roads," he said.
RACV has repeatedly called on government to upgrade Hoddle Street, including tunnels and graded junctions.
As for the government reserve on the Punt Road, road, VicRoads can widen the road to six lanes by buying and demolishing 140 properties on the reserve.
Currently, government, Victoria, is reviewing a 2015 revamp plan and will eventually decide whether to widen the Punt Road.
In addition to the most congested roads, the report revealed some of the best roads.
Among them, the 39-kilometer-long EastLink is the clearest road in Melbourne, with an average speed of 93.5 km/h.
Other good roads include Western Freeway,the Metropolitan Ring Road and the Princes Freeway..
We also hope that this survey report will provide a reference for government in the development of the road improvement plan, as soon as possible to solve the Melbourne traffic congestion, to make the city more livable!