VicRoads has completed safety improvement works at the junction of Flemington Road, Royal Parade, Elizabeth Street and Peel Street also known as the Haymarket Roundabout.

The works have provided a controlled environment through the installation of synchronised traffic lights to regulate traffic flow.

• Installation of traffic lights at the roundabout
• Installation of pedestrian crossings at all four intersections
• Asphalt resurfacing works including additional new traffic lanes and bicycle lanes
• Installation of new line markings including green bicycle lane markings
• Modification of the Peel Street approach between Bedford Street and Flemington Road outbound to provide safer access onto and through the roundabout
• Installation of new signs on all approaches to and within the roundabout
• Upgrading of tram stop No. 9 on Elizabeth Street to a platform tram stop and installing pedestrian crossings
• Some parking restrictions have been changed.

View the Haymarket Roundabout safety and tram improvements map [PDF, 3.60MB]

Benefits

Improvements for tram services

• The construction of a a pair of platform tram stop, replacing the existing stop on Elizabeth Street at Pelham Street (stop No. 9), has improved safety for passengers on routes 19 and 59.
• The raised platform tram stops have been constructed to Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) standards and includes pedestrian crossings at both ends.

Changes to tram stops No. 8 and 13

Following wide community consultation on improving safety and tram travel times along this important public transport corridor, the State Government has decided that tram stop No. 8 on Elizabeth Street at Queensberry Street and stop No. 13 on Flemington Road near the Haymarket Roundabout will be closed. This will take effect from early December 2011.

Taking away these older style stops, trams will be able to travel more reliably and with fewer delays from the new platform tram stop No. 9 to the platform tram stops in either direction at The Royal Women's Hospital (stop No. 14) and the Queen Victoria Market (stop No. 7). 

View the Haymarket Roundabout - Community Feedback Report [PDF, 4.64MB, 22pp]

View for further information the Haymarket Roundabout tram improvements brochure[PDF, 2772KB, 2pp]

• The installation of traffic lights has improved safety through the roundabout by regulating traffic flow.
• Resurfacing, new line markings, additional traffic lanes and new signage has improved safety conditions on the roundabout.
• The modification of the Peel Street approach has provided safer access onto the roundabout.

Improvements for cyclists & pedestrians

• Cyclists have benefited from new bicycle lanes with green markings.
• The installation of pedestrian crossings has enabled all pedestrians and tram passengers to safely cross the roundabout.
  

Changes to parking restrictions
Six parking spaces have been removed outside City Ford to provide the required space for the bicycle lane.

Four angle car parks have replaced parallel parking on Elizabeth Street on the citybound side of the new platform tram stop. The remainder of parallel car parks have become a No Standing zone to ensure a safe clearance distance from the pedestrian crossing.

A No Standing zone has been introduced on Peel Street outbound between Bedford Street and Flemington Road between 3pm and 7pm, Monday to Saturday to ease peak hour traffic. New parking arrangements are as follows:

• No standing 3pm to 7pm Monday to Saturday
• Three spaces permitting parking for one hour from 7:30am to 3pm Monday to Friday and 7:30am to 12:30pm Saturday (Area 5 resident permit excepted)
• Six spaces permitting parking for one hour from 7:30am to 3pm Monday to Friday and 7:30am to 12:30pm Saturday
• One space permitting parking for 15 minutes from 7:30am to 3pm Monday to Friday and 7:30am to 12:30pm Saturday.

More information

Please contact VicRoads for more information.
Phone: 1300 309 571
Email: haymarket@roads.vic.gov.au