Traffic pain for Melbourne’s west with summer construction blitz

Motorists can expect delays and a chaotic summer on the roads in Melbourne’s west with a number of major transport projects and construction work planned.

Acting Premier Jacinta Allan told Nick McCallum on 3AW Drive the work will continue until mid-February.

She said there were three big projects underway including the widening of the West Gate Freeway from 8 to 12 lanes, western roads upgrades and ongoing maintenance of the West Gate Bridge.

“Over the coming few weeks, and into mid-February there will be some disruptions particularly with the widening of the West Gate Freeway works which will see a number of on and off ramps to the West Gate Freeway will need to be closed as they go under a major reconstruction as part of this project,” she said.

“We are expecting up to 30 minute delays and we would like to encourage people to plan ahead.”

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For more information and specific dates for the planned disruptions over summer, visit bigbuild.vic.gov.au.

Real-time traffic conditions are available at traffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au or via the VicTraffic mobile app.

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