Beaconsfield residents are slamming Cardinia Shire Council and VicRoads over unmarked speed humps recently installed along Fieldstone Boulevard, which remained unpainted for an extended period — leading to vehicle damage, confusion and serious safety concerns.
The unmarked speed bumps were located at the bottom end of Fieldstone Boulevard, with one positioned at the first turn and another further down. It wasn’t until last week that residents noticed they had finally been painted and made visible.
Local resident Samuel damaged the bottom of his car driving over an unmarked speed bump at 45 km/h towards Beaconsfield-Emerald Road.
“VicRoads paint every speed bump, as per regulation. These were not painted, meaning the job was incomplete and dangerous,” he said.
“Thrilled to be paying hellish amounts of tax to have the bottom of my car scratched for doing under the speed limit.
“This created a clear risk to not only the driver, but to pedestrians also. Hitting a speed bump at 50, when the VicRoads instructed speed is 20, is over double the correct speed and could cause a car to veer onto the path, killing a pedestrian.
“Dramatic, and fairly unlikely, sure, but a clear possibility and risk, which VicRoads created with their unfinished work.”
While there are warning signs for the speed bumps, residents say they are poorly positioned and often obscured by trees, making them hard to see—especially at dusk or in bad weather. Many have taken to social media to warn others and help prevent accidents.
Frustrated by the delay, they say the painting came too late to prevent damage to vehicles that had already hit the unmarked speed bumps.
“Unbelievable that people (council/VicRoads) don’t think what could potentially happen by their lack of finishing the job,” another resident shared.
“They have now painted them, meaning that they should have been painted all along.”
Cardinia Shire Council’s General Manager Infrastructure and Environment Peter Benazic highlighted their commitment to creating a safe and accessible environment for everyone who walks, jogs, uses mobility aids or travels along our local roads, footpaths and bridges.
“As part of the Australian Government’s 2024 – 2025 Blackspot Program and Council’s Local Area Traffic Improvement (LATI) program, Council is currently completing vital safety upgrades along Fieldstone Boulevard in Beaconsfield,“ he said.
Lighting upgrade works were completed in April 2025, before civil works started in early May 2025, which included:
– The installation of three new flat top road humps between Scenic Drive and Harbour Street
– The installation of two pairs of asphalt speed cushions to the east of Timberside Drive, between Northview Court and Gumview Boulevard
– Kerb and channel realignment work
– Minor concrete footpath work
– Resurfacing works to sections of the road (as part of annual program)
“To ensure community safety and access, traffic management, signage, a reduced speed limit, and signed detours have been in place along Fieldstone Boulevard since February 2025,“ Peter said.
On Friday 16 May, speed cushions and humps were installed with temporary road markers at each location. Permanent warning signs were also installed at this time, and changed road condition signs were put in place at multiple locations to warn the drivers until the permanent line marking was finalised. Permanent line marking was promptly scheduled and fully completed on Monday 19 May. All current civil works along Fieldstone Blvd are on track for completion by June 2025; conditions permitting.
More information on the Fieldstone Blvd projects can be found via the Building a Better Cardinia website – www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/majorprojects
VicRoads and the Department of Transport declined to comment, explaining that Fieldstone Boulevard is not a state-managed road.
