More than $285m will be poured into three road upgrade projects across Casey over the next four years in a major boost for the municipality’s economy.
Victorian Liberal senator David Van announced on 5 October the Federal Government was investing over $165 million in matched funding from the Victorian Government into the road infrastructure upgrade projects across the South East, creating an estimated 264 jobs to bust congestion and improve road safety.
The projects include:
• $54.3m for the upgrade of Western Port Highway roundabouts at Ballarto Road and Frankston-Cranbourne Road;
• $169 million for the upgrade of Hall Road in Skye and Cranbourne West; and
• $62 million for the upgrade of Narre Warren North Road
The Western Port Highway project, which is set expected to start in early 2022 and finish by late 2023, will upgrade the intersection with traffic lights to improve safety and manage traffic flow on and off the highway.
The Hall Road project will see 5.2 kilometres of Hall Road upgraded between McCormicks Road in Skye and Cranbourne-Frankston Road in Cranbourne West.
Traffic lanes on Hall Road will be increased to two lanes in each direction between McCormicks Road and Cranbourne-Frankston Road
Intersections will also be upgraded at McCormicks Road, Taylors Road, Evans Road, Western Port Highway and Cranbourne-Frankston Road to improve access and reduce the risk of crashes, and new shared walking and cycling path along Hall Road will also be built.
The project is expected to start in early 2022 and finish by late 2024.
Meanwhile, the Narre Warren North Road project will upgrade Narre Warren North Road between Fox Road and Belgrave-Hallam Road in Narre Warren North.
Upgrades will include an additional lane in each direction, upgrades to the Heatherton Road and Ernst Wanke Road intersections, and new safety treatments for the Memorial Drive and Crawley Road intersections.
It is expected to start in late 2021 and finish in early 2023.The Federal Government has matched funding from the State Government for each project, including a fourth project to upgrade South Road in Moorabbin.
Senator Van said the Federal Government was providing essential funding for job-creating road infrastructure projects to boost congestion and improve road safety.
“Importantly, these projects are expected to create over 264 direct and indirect jobs for Melbournians over three years as we emerge from the Covid-19 recession,” Senator Van said.
This latest funding investment builds on a series of state-wide infrastructure investments from the Commonwealth in responding to the Covid-19.
