Crews working on the Craigieburn Road Upgrade have made impressive progress over the past eight weeks, as Major Road Projects Victoria wraps up a massive winter works program.
Crews worked around-the-clock to build more than 700 metres of road in each direction between Hanson and Bridgewater roads to fast-track works to construct drainage and traffic lanes, wrapping up a key section for the project.
Works involved trenching for traffic signals through this section as well as drainage works along the road to prepare the site for the construction of new lanes.
Crews also successfully completed driveways, traffic signals and lighting works.
More than 20,000 work hours were complete since the middle of June, with the winter works taking crews one step closer to safely upgrading the intersection at nearby Bridgewater Road as a part of the Craigieburn Road Upgrade.
Major Road Projects Victoria program director Dipal Sorathia said: “These winter works have laid the groundwork for construction of new lanes on either side of Craigieburn Road, which will make Craigieburn safer and less congested.
“I thank local residents and community facilities near these works, the motorists affected by them, and our crews – whose skill and hard work will allow us to power ahead into the next phase of construction.”
Constructions crews are now able to move to the next phase of works over the next few months to build lanes behind barriers.
Over the coming weeks locals will see more machinery and more workers in the area with barriers in place along Craigieburn Road.
Works will continue to ramp up over the next few months as Major Road Projects Victoria begins construction of the future eastbound carriageway between Bridgewater Road and Waterview Boulevard.
The Craigieburn Road Upgrade is expected to be completed by 2025.
Details: bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/mrpv/craigieburn-road-upgrade
