The Federal and State governments celebrated the conclusion of major road projects in the south east on Wednesday 2 October.
The $1.5 billion South Eastern Roads Upgrade delivered 34 kilometres of new lanes – cutting congestion, improving safety and reducing travel times for the nearly 130,000 motorists that use these roads every day, according to the Major Road Projects Victoria.
The South Eastern Roads Upgrades have been completed early with major works on the Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road and the Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road finalised.
This will deliver extra lanes, traffic lights and upgraded intersections to improve safety and travel flow.
The works have delivered 41 new and upgraded intersections and more than 28 kilometres of shared-use paths, giving pedestrians and cyclists more options to move around their local areas.
The completion of the Golf Links Road Upgrade and the Pound Road West Upgrade will benefit the motorcyclists.
New lanes have been added in each direction between Abbotts Road and South Gippsland Highway and new shared walking and cycling paths and traffic lights have been installed at several intersections.
The Hallam North and Heatherton Road Upgrade and Lathams Road Upgrade added an extra lane in each direction between Heatherton Road and James Cook Drive.
Safety barriers have been installed and a new bridge has been built over the Peninsula Link – creating a new lane over the freeway.
Construction of the South Eastern Roads Upgrade has created about 1,700 full-time-equivalent jobs, with crews working more than three million work hours across the six projects since construction began in 2021.
This work was jointly funded by the Australian and Victorian governments.
Federal Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government MP Catherine King said: “The Australian Government is committed to keeping Victoria moving by investing in critical infrastructure projects like the South Eastern Roads works as part of the Suburban Roads Upgrades.”
Victorian Transport Infrastructure MP Danny Pearson said: “Here in Victoria, we’re building more homes than any other state while ensuring our fastest growing communities have less congested roads and better rail infrastructure to support more train services.
Holt MP Cassandra Fernando said: “We will continue to work closely with the Victorian Government to deliver meaningful projects like the South Eastern Roads Upgrade, ensuring our planning and investment come together to provide the best outcomes for commuters and communities.”
