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Your guide to which Victorian transport projects have been axed and saved

November 16, 2023 — 4:33pm

Billions of dollars in federal funding will be pulled from 80 road and rail planned projects across the country, in a broad review of the nation’s 10-year infrastructure pipeline.

Among the defunded projects is the long-anticipated fast rail to Geelong, a rail line extension past Frankston and improvements to the M80 Ring Road.

Render of aerial of the M80 Ring Road and Greensborough interchange built as part of the North East Link.

So which projects will be axed, and which will be saved in your local area?

Metropolitan Melbourne

Axed:

Camberwell Road / Monteath Avenue / Redfern Road intersection upgrade
Calder Freeway – Gap Road to the M80 Ring Road
Western Freeway Upgrade - M80 Ring Road to Ferris Road
Frankston to Baxter rail upgrade
Mornington Peninsula Freeway upgrade
Business case for Melbourne inland rail intermodal terminal
Improving connectivity to Port of Melbourne – business case

Fishermans Bend will have a transport link plannedJoe Armao

Saved:

Port Rail shuttle
M80 Ring Road upgrade
Mickleham Road upgrade
Fishermans Bend transport link feasibility study
Madden Grove level crossing removal study, Burnley
Melbourne Intermodal Terminal – planning and development
Melbourne Airport Rail Link
East West Link – western section (stage two)
Western Freeway upgrade between Melton and Caroline Springs – business case
Commuter car park upgrades – Ringwood
Yarra Boulevard upgrade
Commuter car park upgrade – Sandringham Line – Elsternwick
Commuter car park upgrades – Bentleigh
Suburban roads upgrades – northern roads
Canterbury Road upgrade
Monash Freeway upgrade
Narre Warren North Road upgrade
Pakenham Roads upgrade
Princes Highway intersection upgrades – Pakenham to Beaconsfield
Clyde Road upgrade
Hall Road upgrade
Henderson Road upgrades
Commuter car park upgrade – Berwick railway station
Commuter car park upgrade – Frankston Line – Frankston
Commuter car park upgrade – Pakenham Line – Pakenham and Pakenham East
Uralla Road and Nepean Highway intersection upgrade
Commuter car park upgrade – Eltham station
Fitzsimons Lane and Main Road corridor, Eltham
Outer Metropolitan Ring Rail South
Kananook car park
Boronia Road and Lewis Road intersection upgrade
Ison Road Overpass
Suburban Rail Loop East
Suburban Roads upgrades – south-eastern roads
Tooronga Road level crossing removal study, Tooronga
Ballarat Road and Hulett Street intersection upgrade
Wollert Rail feasibility study (BFT)
Outer Metropolitan Ring / E6 Corridor – detailed business case

North Victoria

Axed:

Goulburn Valley Highway – Shepparton bypass stage one
McKoy Street – Hume Freeway intersection upgrade
Rutherglen heavy vehicle alternative route

Peak hour traffic on the Monash Freeway.Wayne Taylor

Saved:

Bendigo/Echuca rail line upgrade
Commuter car park upgrades – northern lines
Hume Freeway – Watson Street to the M80 Ring Road
Macedon and Mitchell Shire roads
Shepparton rail line upgrade – stage three
Toowoomba to Seymour – Victoria – safety barriers between Seymour and Shepparton
Echuca to Robinvale – project scoping
Northern Rail plan
Shepparton rail line upgrade
Toowoomba to Seymour – Victoria – project scoping and development

North-east Victoria

Saved:

Maroondah Highway and Bellara Drive intersection upgrade

Maroondah Highway, Coldstream
North East Link
Ballarat to Ouyen – scoping and development

The federal government will withdraw funding for the Geelong Fast RailLuis Ascui

North-west Victoria

Saved:

Western Highway – Ballarat to Stawell duplication
Ballarat intermodal freight hub
Ballarat to Ouyen – Birchip-Rainbow Road – Mcloughlans Road intersection upgrade
Camerons Lane interchange
Melbourne to Mildura – overtaking lanes
Melbourne to Mildura - project development and preconstruction
Murray Basin Freight Rail Project (Off-Network)