Line Marking Hallam VIC

A Hallam logistics business had us mark their internal warehouse including a pedestrian crosswalk from the amenities block to the production floor. We positioned the crosswalk at the most direct route — straight across the corner of the loading dock approach. Logical route. Wrong position. WorkSafe Victoria's follow-up inspection flagged it: the crosswalk created a pinch point between pedestrians and reversing vehicles at the dock corner. The direct route put people directly in the reversing blind spot of B-doubles entering the dock.

We removed the crosswalk markings and repositioned it 12 metres further from the dock corner where a clear sightline existed in both directions. Same destination, safer path. The client wasn't billed for the rework — we should have assessed the sight lines at the proposed crosswalk position during the initial layout review. That's now a standard step: every internal pedestrian crosswalk position is assessed for vehicle sightlines and reversing blind spots before the layout drawing is finalised.

Hallam sits at the Monash Freeway's south-eastern gateway — Hallam Road, Belgrave-Hallam Road, and the industrial precincts running south toward Narre Warren and Berwick. Logistics, manufacturing, building materials, and trade businesses. The mix of large reversing vehicle operations and internal pedestrian traffic is common here, which makes traffic management plan quality critical.

VicRoads approved. We've been marking Hallam's industrial corridor since 2009. Pedestrian crosswalk sightline assessment is now a standard pre-finalisation step on every warehouse layout drawing.