Traffic signs, line marking and parking

Surf Coast Shire is responsible for traffic signs on local roads within our municipality.

Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) is responsible for traffic signs on Freeways, Primary State Arterials and Secondary State Arterials.

Find out if a road is managed by Council, Parks Victoria or DTP at Roads and Responsible Authorities.

Direct enquiries about traffic signs to the road authority managing the road in the first instance. Should the sign be managed by another authority, your enquiry will be passed onto that authority.

Surf Coast Shire is responsible for regulatory and warning signs (for example, Stop, Give Way, rectangular signs with black and/or red text, and diamond warning signs). All signs must be installed in accordance with relevant Australian Standards with Department of Transport and Planning guidelines.

Surf Coast Shire is responsible for parking signs such as time-limited parking, eg. Disabled bays, No Stopping and No Parking signs, Taxi Zones, Bus Zones, Loading Zones, etc.

Line of sight is a term to describe clear visibility of oncoming traffic at a road.

Surf Coast Shire is responsible for ensuring that all drivers have a clear line of sight at intersections and along a road/roadway, exits from substantial carparks and facilities, around bends in the road, at pedestrian crossings, railway crossings, etc. We investigate the (road) safety at these locations to implement possible parking restrictions.

Department of Transport and Planning is responsible for all local road intersections that are intersections with main roads, highways and freeways.

Department of Transport and Planning has precedence over the local roads in these circumstances. Decisions around the location of parking and no standing restrictions generally remain with Surf Coast Shire Council.

Surf Coast Shire approve and install tourist signs (white text on brown background) to give visitors direction to tourist attractions. Applicants must satisfy and complete a Department of Transport and Planning tourist sign application.

To find out more about tourist signs or how to make an application go to Need a business permit.

Surf Coast Shire approves and installs services signs (white text on blue background) to give visitors direction to community services, organisations and facilities. Applicants must satisfy and complete a Department of Transport and Planning services sign application.

To find out more about services signs or how to make an application go to Need a business permit.

Street name signs are provided to enable easy recognition of the street by all road users. To reduce sign proliferation, it is not necessary to display the name of a major street at all minor intersections. Street names with connotations such as Court, Close and Place, indicate that these roads are not through roads.

Surf Coast Shire have an ongoing line marking maintenance program for the Business Districts, Children Crossings, intersections, etc, which includes regular inspections.

Strategic focus Area 2: Intersections and Midblock safety in built up areas

Intersections and mid blocks were found in the crash analysis to exhibit a high frequency of crashes and having a high proportion of serious injuries

Linked Goals

Goal 4: improve intersection designs to improve survivability.

Surf Coast Shire is actively working towards decreasing the number of crashes occurring at intersections with a target of achieving a 20 % reduction by 2027. We aim to inspect and audit at least five sites a year.