Upcoming Closure of Horseshoe Bend & Boundary Rd’s Intersection

We remind all parents, carers and students that reconstruction of the Horseshoe Bend & Boundary Rd intersection commences this Monday, August 19 and is scheduled to end on January 27 (2025). Road detours will be in place and may lead to additional travel time of up to 15 – 20 minutes.

Vehicle Access to Iona College – during this reconstruction period, vehicle access will only be possible through our Horseshoe Bend Rd entrance. Parents/carers driving into this entrance are required to proceed straight ahead to the Visitor Carpark area – i.e. please do not turn left into the staff car park and main bus bay area.

Pedestrian Access to Iona College – Student pedestrian access will be available at both our Boundary Rd and Horseshoe Bend Rd entrances. Pedestrian access for parents/carers will be available through our Horseshoe Bend Rd entrance only (to accommodate sign-in at Main Reception).

The below map of this intersection and the immediate Iona College and Ashbury Estate areas shows the following important features over this reconstruction period:

GREEN – the surrounding closed sections of Boundary Rd and Horseshoe Bend Rd.

BLUE     – the extension of the current 1 bay bus parking area to 3 bays (see below).

RED       – No Parking areas between 8.00am – 9.30am and 3.00pm – 4.00pm (see below).

Extension of Bus Bay Area and Changes to Bus Arrival / Departure Points – Boundary Rd

Due to these construction works, half (9) of our buses will be detoured to drop off and pick up students at school on Boundary Road – this (extended) 3 bay bus zone is marked in blue on the below map. Parents/carers seeking to drop off or pick up their young ones by car on Boundary Rd, please ensure that you DO NOT park in this bus zone.

In the afternoon, these 9 buses will depart in waves of 3 (as follows) and importantly for students all departure times remain unchanged to what they currently are (as they will for the remainder of the buses still departing from the main bus bay area from within the school).

3.12pm                                                3.16pm                                                                3.20pm

#4 (Jan Juc)                                        #8 (Torquay / Ocean Acres)                        #17 (Waurn Ponds)

#5 (Highton)                                      #11 (Torquay / Highlander)                         #18 (Mt Duneed)

#6 (Torquay / Lochard)                 #12 (North Torquay)                                       #19 (Torquay Extra)

NO PARKING AREAS – Aaron St & Tenterfield St (Ashbury Estate)

From 19/8 through to the end of this school year, Boundary Rd school bus routes will be required to depart and be diverted down Aaron St and then right into Tenterfield St (before either a left or right into Ashbury Blvd).

To enable our buses to get down these (two) narrow streets, signage is being erected advising that ‘NO PARKING’ restrictions will apply on the sections of Aaron St & Tenterfield St marked in red (below) between 8.00am – 9.30am and again between 3.00pm – 4.00pm.

We ask that parents/carers completely avoid these two streets when dropping off or picking up their young ones during these NO PARKING times and to also (in general) be respectful of residents living in Ashbury Estate over this reconstruction period.

Additional Closure of Horseshoe Bend Rd Between Warralily Blvd and Burvilles Rd

In addition to the closure of the Horseshoe Bend & Boundary Rd intersection, parents/carers should also be aware that signage is now in place advising of the closure of Horseshoe Bend Rd between Warralily Blvd and Burvilles Rd over the same period (i.e. from August 19 through to January 27).

Hopefully this will result in the completion and linking up of footpaths along Horseshoe Bend Rd between Boundary Rd and Warralily Blvd.

Please remain patient, take care and drive safely over this reconstruction period.