The extra work at the junction of McKoy Street and the freeway, west of Wodonga, will cost VicRoads $40,000.

The authority had been overseeing a revamp of the intersection since May and it has been largely completed.

However, vehicle testing by VicRoads for driver sight lines, involving a B-double, exposed flaws that are now being fixed .

“Modifications are currently underway to ensure the upgraded intersection is as safe as possible, and meets the needs of local road users,” VicRoads North Eastern regional director Nicki Kyriakou said.

The work includes relocating two light poles and altering segments of the kerb and channel to allow drivers to have better views.

An elongated island has been installed in the freeway’s centre median with vehicles having to round it to before reaching oncoming lanes.

Member for Benambra Bill Tilley is appalled at the latest woes after having criticised the intersection rejig as a “recipe for disaster” in May.

“I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it, it’s a dog’s breakfast and it’s been a dog’s breakfast from the start,” he said.

“There will be 95,000 people in Albury-Wodonga shaking their heads, saying ‘why has it come to this?’.”

Mr Tilley cited an answer from Victorian Roads Minister Luke Donnellan in June after he raised safety concerns about the work.

Mr Donnellan told parliament: “VicRoads was involved in undertaking a safety audit of the new intersection design.

“The audit considered and made recommendations to address safety concerns and I am advised the developer has addressed all required items in the design.”

Mr Tilley said it was disappointing safety issues were still unresolved two months later and that VicRoads had linked the problems to United Petroleum.

The fuel company is building a service station at the intersection and is regarded as the project developer for the roadworks.

However, United Petroleum chief operating officer David Szymczak noted his company did not have the final say on roadworks.

“With any egress, ingress or any change to a road there’s no way in the world you can get a permit without VicRoads’ approval,” he said.

“Any plan or alignment they have got to approve and they’re very particular.”

Even with the eleventh hour changes, the intersection will still be risky, a Border trucking authority believes.

Doug McMillan, a former Australian Trucking Association board member, says big rigs will be hamstrung by the revamp.

“I don’t see any sense in it at all; the design has now changed but it still won’t be any good,” he said.

“If you’re a B-double person, you’ve got no chance at all, you’re going to have your trailer hanging over the road all the time.

“(VicRoads) say they’ve built this to a standard, the standard shouldn’t include long trailers hanging out of the (turning) lane.”

Mr McMillan said a flyover was the only “cure” to the intersection’s traffic woes.

Mr Tilley wants a flyover to be built as part of the Inland Rail project to bridge the freeway and parallel train line.

Despite having to undertake revisions to the intersection, VicRoads still expects the project to be finished by the end of August.

The re-opening of the crossing point is expected to coincide with the speed limit being lifted from 60km/h to a variable maximum.

The petrol station is due to open in October-November.

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