Electrification of the Melton rail line
"Commuting to work is another daily struggle. Like many residents in Mt Atkinson, I work in Melbourne’s CBD. The obvious solution should be public transport - but it isn’t. The Melton corridor is still served by V/Line trains, which were built for regional travel, not for the thousands of suburban commuters who rely on them every day. The trains are crowded, services are less frequent than Metro lines, and peak-hour travel is stressful and unpredictable."
Ace, Truganina
"I commute daily to city for work. Train frequency during peak hours is not adequate, definitely more frequency is more important than having 9 cars. Also frequent disruption and reducing to 3 cars is affecting our travel. The Suburban Rail Loop is not covering the western suburbs - Sunbury, Melton, Wyndham Vale.
Srinivasan, Melton south
New train stations at Mt Atkinson, Thornhill Park and Calder Park
"Public transport is a joke in Bonnie Brook. The closest train station is Rockbank however due to the limited parking I don’t go there. I went to Caroline Springs instead however there’s also a shortage of car parks there. My best alternative to drive 20 mins to Watergardens Station and catch a train there."
Heidi, Bonnie Brook
"With the cost of living going nowhere but up, it's a no brainer that public transport has to be a priority… I commute by train daily to work and school and although work for me and school for my kids doesn't start until 8.30/9am, we leave the house before 7 so we can get a parking space at Watergardens Station. We have since gave up using V/Line because the parking is already full just after 7am and trains are less frequent and are usually standing room by the time it arrives at Rockbank."
Peachy, Fraser Rise
"Currently there is no bus in Bonnie Brook near Plumpton Road leading to any bus or train stations. The lack of public transport makes it very difficult to travel by train to the city without a car."
Monika, Bonnie Brook
"The car parks at Caroline Springs and Rockbank stations fill before many people even arrive. If you’re unlucky, you’re left driving elsewhere or trying to find parking on surrounding streets. It shouldn’t be this difficult just to begin your journey to work.
A new Mt Atkinson Station isn’t a luxury—it has become a necessity.
Every morning, thousands of us leave our homes before sunrise, hoping to beat the traffic. Every evening, we spend precious time sitting in congestion instead of being home with our families."
Ace, Truganina
"The public transport alternatives are broken by design. Cobblebank Station's carpark is entirely full by 7.30am, yet you can't realistically leave the car at home because there's no bus service to get you to the station in the first place. This systemic car dependency is why the Western Highway capacity is completely overwhelmed."
Ethan, Strathtulloh
Western Highway
"The Western Highway (Hopkins Rd) is outdated with only 2 lanes. Each time cars enter the freeway it’s at a much slower speed than 100 and it causes traffic until the next exit and with only 2 lanes it’s a mess."
Heidi, Bonnie Brook
"I live in Melton and I do not like driving much because of the amount of traffic and time it takes me to get places. The Western Highway and Ballarat Road are always congested and especially in peak hour, you do not want to be caught in that traffic. I will not get a job that would require me to travel in that traffic to or from work as it would add too much extra time to my day driving to and from work."
Daniel, Melton
"The Western Freeway is congested almost every day, and the potholes have become impossible to ignore. Every drive feels like you’re dodging hazards while sitting in slow-moving traffic."
Ace, Truganina
"During non peak-hours, driving to the CBD through the Western Freeway takes 40-50 mins. But during peak hours, it takes double that. The Western Freeway becomes a moving parking lot. The bottlenecks seem to be around the merge lanes.
It's absurd that a main freeway only has 2 lanes, while the freeways in the east are 4-5 lanes each way."
Rafael, Thornhill Park
Melton Highway
"In the evenings going home is a different challenge with traffic congestion at Melton Highway, Hume Drive and Taylors Road. Take a pick and there's traffic. Can't win. Don't get me started when public events are scheduled near Melton Highway and Western Highway. The ensuing traffic is just terrible. The last time there was a public event, we just stayed home."
Peachy, Fraser Rise
"I commute for work, daily tasks and family commitments. On Melton Highway - where drivers can go into 2 lanes and need to form 1 lane after passing through the intersection is causing a bottleneck at every intersection in peak hour. The entire Melton Highway should be duplicated all the way from Beattys Road to Leakes Road."
Monika, Bonnie Brook
Hopkins Road
"The freeway entry from Hopkins Road was rated one of the most dangerous intersections in Victoria. They need to install traffic lights there so cars can safely enter and exit the freeway. It’s devastating to see how many accidents there are there."
Heidi, Bonnie Brook
"Hopkins Road worries me... It still feels like a rural road despite serving one of the fastest-growing urban communities in Victoria. Poor lighting, increasing traffic, and a history of serious accidents make every drive feel unnecessarily risky. As a father, I think differently now. I don’t just worry about getting to work—I worry about getting home safely to my wife and our two children."
Ace, Truganina
Palmers Road Corridor (Robinsons Road, Westwood Drive and Calder Park Drive)
"Westwood Drive from Ballarat Road needs urgent upgrades/double lanes. During peak hours and a lot of other times traffic is at a standstill. It can take over 30min to travel 100m. This problem is causing traffic to divert to the estates for shortcuts, and people speeding and rushing on residential roads. It’s scary for our kids and families."
Kelly, Burnside
Taylors Road
"Taylors Road … requires duplication all the way from Leakes Road to Kings Road - this is urgent given the number of new estates and traffic flow."
Monika, Bonnie Brook
"Not only has Taylor’s Road been neglected, it’s quite disappointing that the west region has not seen the duplication of Taylor’s road in the last 12 years. Taylor’s Road … is the most congested road without fail in the west. A 5km trip from Fraser Rise to Keilor Plains (where my elderly parents reside) should not take 30 minutes driving down that road."
Amanda, Fraser Rise