Harper Sercombe
The Bridge Inn Road upgrade is well underway with 6.4km of westbound lanes reopening.
Mernda and Doreen’s largest road upgrade has seen the major artery widening from two to four lanes.
As works progress on the Bridge Inn Road upgrade, crews will be moving traffic onto sections of the new lanes until early 2024 to set up new work areas and upgrade the existing eastbound traffic lanes.
Bridge Inn Road is being widened between Plenty Road and Yan Yean Road, removing a significant bottleneck and improving access to the new Mernda Railway Station and Mernda Town Centre.
The project includes 9.5 kilometres of new lanes, three new sets of traffic lights and three intersection upgrades
Traffic on Bridge Inn Road will be shifted onto the newly built sections of road, between Plenty Road and Plenty River. This will enable crews to set up new work areas on the opposite side of Bridge Inn Road to upgrade the eastbound lanes.
Traffic will then move onto new lanes between Bassetts Road and Independence Boulevard., and between Windermere Parade and Yan Yean Road.
During these works, motorists are asked to observe changed traffic arrangements, including speed reductions to 40km/h.
One lane in each direction will be open along Bridge Inn Road while building continues on the extra lanes and key intersections.
Access will be maintained for emergency services in the area, including the Doreen CFA.
Crews recently commenced major works on the new 68-metre bridge over the Plenty River. Widening the existing two-lane heritage bridge with a purpose-built four-lane bridge, which when complete will improve traffic flow and reduce traffic lengths
Transforming the existing century-old bluestone bridge into a separated walking and cycling path.
“We’re urging all road users to familiarise themselves with the local access changes and observe changed traffic conditions in the area,” Major Road Projects Victoria Program Director Adrian Furner said.
Details- bigbuild.vic.gov.au/disruptions
