The Hume Highway between Manton and Yarra is undergoing $1.6 million works to install 57 kilometres of rumble strips, ensuring safer journeys for motorists.
Transport for NSW executive director Cassandra Ffrench says Transport is installing rumble strips, also known as audio tactile line marking or ATLM, on the edge lines of the Hume Highway from just north of Reardons Road at Manton to the Federal Highway intersection at Yarra.
“It is great to see rumble strips rolling out on this long length of highway, which has had a high crash history due to run-off road or fatigue-related crashes,” she says.
“These rumble strips will help reduce the risk of crashes from driver inattention, and they are effective, particularly at night or in poor weather.
“This important work plays its part in helping achieve Towards Zero deaths and serious injuries on NSW roads.”
Installation involves placing raised bumps on the road surface along the edges of the carriageway.
The purpose of rumble strips is to reduce head-on and run-off-road crashes by producing a noise (audio) and vibration (tactile) warning to drivers that their vehicle is leaving the lane and veering onto the edge of the road, giving motorists the opportunity to correct their path.
The rumble strips will be installed offset to the existing line marking, so will only produce the audio tactile effect if a vehicle has already left the travel lane, giving the driver an opportunity to correct their steering.
In the five years to June 2023, 28 fatigue-related crashes have occurred along the Hume Highway at this location.
Work will be carried out from Monday December 15 for 10 weeks between 7am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, weather permitting.
There will be no work between Friday December 19 2025 and Tuesday January 6 2026.
Work will restart from Wednesday January 7 2026.
Changed traffic conditions, including single lane closures and a reduced speed of 60km/h, will be in place for the safety of workers and motorists.
Motorists are advised to allow five minutes’ additional travel time, drive to the conditions and follow the directions of signs and traffic control.
The NSW Government has provided funding for the work through the Saving Lives Accelerated program.