Road upgrades in Vic

Work has commenced on upgrades to two key sections of Victoria's road network: Melbourne's Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road and the Princes Highway west of Geelong

Road works are now in progress at two key locations in Victoria: the Narre Warren-Cranbourne road in Melbourne’s south-east and the Princes Highway just west of Geelong.

The former will see $49 million spent on an extension of the duplication of Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road, eventuating in a fully divided road for 3.5km between Pound Road and Thompson Road.

Slated for completion in 2015, the end result will be a fully divided road all the way from Ernst Wanke Road, north of the Monash Freeway, to Thompson Road, in Cranbourne East.

Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs continue to grow, with Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road currently carrying 29,000 vehicles per day.

Victoria’s Minister for Roads, Terry Mulder (pictured, left), said that in addition to reducing travel times, the project would enhance road safety.

“Once completed, the project will also improve safety for drivers, which is especially important given that this road recorded 61 casualty crashes in the five years to December 2013,” he said.

Meanwhile, just west of the Victorian city of Geelong, traffic between Hendy Main Road and Waltons Road has been moved to a new 3km section of the Princes Highway, as a part of the $220 million federal and state duplication of the route.

That project commenced in March 2011 and, when finished, will see a four-lane divided highway connect Geelong and Winchelsea.

“Motorists will continue to travel the highway with reduced speed limits in place and are asked to drive with care, as traffic will be travelling in both directions on the new carriageway,” said Mulder.

Member for Corrangamite, Sarah Henderson, said the completion of the project was drawing near.

“The project continues to progress with a finish date expected this year,” she said.

“In February, large beams will be lifted on the bridge crossing the Geelong-Warrnambool railway line, which will cater for Colac-bound traffic,” she added.

Road upgrades in Vic

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