Geelong, Surf Coast and Colac residents will get to work and get home sooner under a new commitment from the Victorian Liberals and Nationals to increase the speed limit on the Princes freeway and highway.
Under Labor, motorists have been restricted to 100kmph on the Princes freeway and highway between Melbourne and Colac, despite this section being fully duplicated and modernised over recent years.
A future Wilson O'Brien Liberal and Nationals Government will increase the speed limit on this section to 110kmph to get motorists moving and bring this section of road into line with other comparable freeways.
Lower limits would remain in place through areas like Winchelsea.
This change will cut travel times, ease congestion and bring the Princes up to the same standard motorists expect on the Hume, Calder and Western freeways.
Leader of the Opposition, Jess Wilson, said this is a commonsense change that will get motorists moving across Geelong, the Surf Coast and Colac.
"By aligning speed limits on the Princes freeway and highway with the Hume and Calder, our plan will get Victorians where they need to be sooner," Ms Wilson said.
"People travelling on the Princes shouldn't be stuck in the slow lane, and under a Liberal and Nationals Government, they won't be.
Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Roads and Road Safety, Danny O'Brien, said western Victoria had been left behind by Labor for too long.
"Western Victorians are sick of sitting in traffic on a road that should be moving at freeway speed. This is a freeway-standard road and it's time the speed limit reflected that," Mr O'Brien said.
"The Princes freeway and highway is the primary link between Melbourne and Geelong, Colac, Warrnambool and the south-west, carrying freight, tourists and commuters every day. A consistent 110km/h limit will mean less time on the road and more time at home, at work or with family.
"Only an elected Liberal and Nationals Government will back western Victoria in and cut travel times between Melbourne and Colac."
