New traffic lights at one of Craigieburn’s most notorious intersections will be delayed.
A Hume council spokeswoman said the council awarded a contract for installing the lights on December 16 last year.
But a date had not yet been set for work to start because water mains and power poles in the area must first be relocated.
Yarra Valley Water will upgrade the mains near the intersection before work on the traffic lights can begin.
The spokeswoman said it was originally hoped that work would be finished before the Craigieburn Festival on February 28.
She said energy infrastructure company Jemena would then relocate the power poles in the first week of March.
But a Yarra Valley Water spokesman told Star Weekly that construction of a new 450-metre water main along Craigieburn Road, between Hanson Road and Belsay Place, would begin in mid-February, pending approvals from Hume council and VicRoads.
It was hoped that work would be finished by May.
McEwen MP Rob Mitchell said the intersection was one of the biggest issues Craigieburn residents had raised with him over the past four years.
“As someone who lived in Craigieburn for over 10 years I know how this intersection has been a constant pain for locals,” he said.
