Safer Walking and Riding for Murray Rd

18/06/2026

WELCOME TO COBURG NORTH: ENDING THE DANGEROUS DRIFT FROM ‘ACTIVITY STREET’ TO RACE TRACK

We again congratulate Ros Spence on taking up the Roads and Road Safety portfolio and Sheena Watt on her new role as Parliamentary Secretary for the same portfolio.

This report, having been sent to the previous Minister has now been updated in order to brief the new Minister and Parliamentary Secretary.

We look forward to a fruitful working relationship - and a safer Murray Rd-Gaffney St corridor!

🔗 Report linked in comments

Ros Spence MP Sheena Watt MP Anthony Cianflone MP Nathan Lambert MP Ged Kearney Peter Khalil Transport Victoria Gabrielle Williams MP Brunswick Voice

09/06/2026

06/06/2026

BIG OIL SPILL AT MURRAY RD + NEWLANDS RD
Thanks to the community member who alerted us - and who said the spill was going off the bridge into Merri Creek…😥
By the time we got there, the extensive spill was covered. Police on the scene said they didn’t know who was responsible for the spill but that there had been a big crash further up Newlands Rd which emergency services attended and maybe that was related.

31/05/2026

❤️ We LOVE the work have been doing up this way and have been meaning to do a post on the beautiful new path through Edgars Creek parklands connecting with the Ronald St bridge over Edgars Creek.

And this smoothing of the corners and removing the ditch at the beg button at the pool crossing is a fantastic continuation of the good work and will make cycling easier.

⚠️ BUT this set up is temporarily extremely unsafe!

As the local who sent us the video said:

“You have to go out onto the road to press the button, or go out onto the road to walk past the obstruction”

Nat Abboud for Merri-Bek Transport Victoria Merri-bek City Council Walk On Merri-bek Merri-bek BUG

29/05/2026

⚠️ TRUCKS CONTINUE TO MOUNT THE SHARED PATH AFTER NO SAFETY CHANGES INCLUDED IN RECENT RESURFACING WORKS

🚸 Here is how this is impacting a parent trying to safely cross the Murray and Elizabeth intersection with a pram:

“It’s really hard to cross in the actual crossing zone with a pram, because the pavement is so cracked and degraded. There are no TGSIs anymore [Tactile Ground Surface Indicators] and the only way you can smoothly push a pram (or presumably would be the same for a wheelchair) down is to go towards the right, out of the designated crossing zone, into the area where the trucks regularly mount the pavement 🫠 So you have to either do that, which is not safe, or shove your pram really hard to get it over the bumps and cracks.”

What’s that saying about doing the same thing over and over again and getting the same results?
victoria

29/05/2026

CEMENT SPILL - AGAIN
We have been alerted this morning of a cement truck with hazard lights on Murray just before Elizabeth intersection attempting to clean up spilt concrete. Some things never change!

This 60km/h stretch of Murray Rd has had a long-standing issue with trucks spilling concrete. The whole intersection has just been completely resurfaced and line markings repainted with absolutely NO SAFETY CHANGES - so why would anything change?

Trucks have also continued to mount the path turning into Murray from Elizabeth St (we will post separately on that)

24/05/2026

Just do it!

Climate change, the cost-of-living crisis and healthy lifestyle goals should make active transport like cycling a no-brainer. So why does Australia struggle to build a bike culture?

More: https://ab.co/4wNDON0

16/05/2026

💎 Coburg Olympic Swimming Pool is the “Jewel of Murray Rd” so we are very happy to host Friends of Coburg Olympic Pool’s End of Season Survey Report on our website! Check out the report at the link in comments.

📣 END OF SEASON SURVEY REPORT!
Friends of Coburg Olympic Pool (FCOP) is excited to share our End of Season Survey Report for the 2025-26 summer season. And what a beautiful season it was! 🏊🏼‍♀️

🙏We extend a huge thank you to the 127 pool users who completed it in less than a week!�
🙏 A big thank you also to for hosting the report on their website! Coburg Olympic is “The Jewel of Murray Rd” after all, and as the survey shows, a large majority of respondents walked or rode to the pool!

🔗 SURVEY REPORT is linked in bio and highlights on Instagram, and in comments and profile links on Facebook.

Have a read of our recommendations and consider putting in a brief submission to Merri-bek Council’s budget which is open until Thursday 21 May.

🔗 COUNCIL BUDGET CONSULTATION is linked in our Instagram story highlights and in comments on Facebook.

Coburg Olympic Swimming Pool Peter Khalil Brunswick Voice