Roads & transport · Nillumbik Shire Council
Greensborough intersection funding push put on hold as council seeks updated information
Unconfirmed minutes record a unanimous deferral of a proposal involving candidate commitments for planning and a business case at the Civic Drive roundabout, where traffic is reported at about 25,000 vehicles a day.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
A proposed push for election candidates to help fund planning and a business case for the Civic Drive roundabout in Greensborough has been put on hold pending updated officer information for a future council report.
The unconfirmed minutes record that Nillumbik Shire Council unanimously deferred the matter on 4 November 2026 after Cr Grant Brooker moved, and Cr Kate McKay seconded, a motion to allow officers to provide updated information for a future report. The minutes do not record a date for the matter to return.
The proposal before councillors would have thanked candidates in the Bundoora and Eltham electorates for commitments to fund planning works at the Diamond Creek Road and Greensborough Bypass intersection. It would also have called on candidates in Bundoora, Eltham and Yan Yean to match a commitment to fund a business case.
The proposed resolution included a request for the Mayor to write to candidates and a continuation of council advocacy for an intersection upgrade. Those proposed actions were not adopted at this meeting because council deferred consideration of the matter instead.
The council report describes the intersection as carrying about 25,000 vehicles a day, with another 10,000 expected after the North East Link opens. It also records a ranking as Melbourne’s most dangerous intersection in RACV’s My Melbourne Road survey 2025. Those claims are reproduced from the report and have not been independently checked for this article.
Officers are expected to provide updated information for consideration at a future council meeting. The proposed funding requests and candidate correspondence remain deferred.
What deserves a closer look
The recorded resolution deferred the whole advocacy matter, so the proposed candidate correspondence and funding requests were not adopted at this meeting.
The resolution provides for updated officer information to be incorporated into a future report, but does not state when the matter will return.
The deferral does not establish that council had no existing advocacy position or that all future planning and business-case work was unresolved.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What updated information will officers provide before the matter returns to council?
When will the future report on the advocacy proposal be presented?
Will a later council resolution seek candidate funding for planning works, a business case, or both?
What happens next
The deferral resolution provides for officers to supply updated information for incorporation into a future report.
The matter is to return to a future council meeting; the minutes specify no date.
The proposed candidate funding requests and mayoral correspondence would require further council consideration.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
Current traffic volumes are around 25,000 vehicles a day, with an additional 10,000 expected following the North East Link opening. The intersection was ranked Melbourne's number one most dangerous intersection in RACV's My Melbourne Road survey 2025.
Current traffic volumes are around 25,000 vehicles per day, with an additional 10,000 vehicles expected following the opening of the North East Link. The intersection has been ranked Melbourne's number one most dangerous intersection in RACV's My Melbourne Road survey 2025.
CM.114/26, summary
Open original minutes ↗The recommendation proposed thanking Bundoora and Eltham candidates for planning-work funding commitments and calling on candidates in Bundoora, Eltham and Yan Yean to match a business-case funding commitment for the Civic Drive roundabout.
Recommendation That Council: 1. Welcomes and thanks the current commitment made by candidates for the electorates of Bundoora and Eltham to fund planning works to improve Diamond Creek Road/Greensborough Bypass intersection (Civic Drive roundabout). 2. Calls on all candidates contesting the electorates of Bundoora, Eltham and Yan Yean to match the commitment made to fund a business case for the Greensborough Bypass / Diamond Creek Road intersection (Civic Drive roundabout).
CM.114/26, recommendation items 1–2
Open original minutes ↗The quoted text requests that the Mayor write to candidates in Bundoora, Eltham and Yan Yean about Council's call for equivalent business-case funding commitments and calls for continued advocacy for an intersection upgrade.
3. Requests the Mayor write to all candidates seeking election in the electorates of Bundoora, Eltham and Yan Yean advising them of Council's call for equivalent funding commitments made for a business case for the Greensborough Bypass / Diamond Creek Road intersection (Civic Drive roundabout). 4. Continues to advocate for the upgrade of the Greensborough Bypass / Diamond Creek Road intersection (Civic Drive roundabout) through appropriate communication and advocacy channels.
CM.114/26, recommendation items 3–4
Open original minutes ↗The minutes record a unanimous council resolution, moved by Cr Grant Brooker and seconded by Cr Kate McKay, deferring the matter to a future council meeting to allow officers to provide updated information for incorporation into a future report.
Council Meeting Minutes 4 November 2026 6. Officers' reports CM.114/26 Advocacy for a Business Case and Funding to upgrade the Greensborough Bypass / Diamond Creek Road intersection (Civic Drive roundabout) 3 Motion MOVED: Cr Grant Brooker SECONDED: Cr Kate McKay That Council defers consideration of this matter to a future Council Meeting to allow officers to provide updated information which will be incorporated in the future report for Councils consideration. THE MOTION WAS PUT TO THE VOTE AND CARRIED AND BECAME THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION AS FOLLOWS: Council Resolution MOVED: Cr Grant Brooker SECONDED: Cr Kate McKay That Council defers consideration of this matter to a future Council Meeting to allow officers to provide updated information which will be incorporated in the future report for Councils consideration. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Extraordinary Council Meeting Minutes 4 November 2026 4 7. Close of Meeting The meeting closed at 7:03pm. Confirmed: _______________________________ Cr Naomi Joiner, Mayor
CM.114/26, motion, council resolution and vote outcome
Open original minutes ↗The quoted minutes include an uncompleted confirmation line naming Cr Naomi Joiner, Mayor.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Extraordinary Council Meeting Minutes 4 November 2026 4 7. Close of Meeting The meeting closed at 7:03pm. Confirmed: _______________________________ Cr Naomi Joiner, Mayor
Close of meeting and confirmation line
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the public, unconfirmed minutes of Nillumbik Shire Council’s Extraordinary Council Meeting on 4 November 2026, checked against the council document supplied.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council deferred the Civic Drive roundabout advocacy matter to a future meeting for updated officer information.
- The unconfirmed minutes record that the deferral was carried unanimously on 4 November 2026.
- The recommendation proposed seeking business-case funding commitments from candidates in Bundoora, Eltham and Yan Yean, but that recommendation was not adopted at this meeting.
- The report recorded traffic volumes of about 25,000 vehicles a day and an expected further 10,000 after the North East Link opens.
- The minutes provide no date for the matter’s return.
Why it matters
- The deferral leaves the proposal to seek matching candidate commitments for a business case at the Civic Drive roundabout awaiting further council consideration.