Historical information

These Keilor Council road works occur to maintain safety, protect infrastructure, and support community growth.

Roads wear out, traffic increases, and older suburbs (like Abion, Braybrook, Deer Park, Keilor, St. Albans, Sydenham & Sunshine) need regular upgrades to keep pace with modern standards.

These photographs, taken by The Advocate in 1990, show Oberon Street, once regarded as one of St Albans’ most notorious and neglected streets, under reconstruction by the Keilor Council.

Significance

These photographs capture how roadworks affect residents by disrupting daily movement, altering access to homes and services, increasing noise and dust, and temporarily changing the character and safety of local streets.

Physical description

Digital scans of black and white negatives

Inscriptions & markings

Roadworks Oberon Street St. Albans 154.2