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M80 upgrade work begins

Work to fix two notorious bottlenecks on Melbourne’s M80 Ring Road between Sunshine Avenue and the Calder Freeway started this week.

Work to fix two notorious bottlenecks on Melbourne’s M80 Ring Road between Sunshine Avenue and the Calder Freeway started this week.Work to fix two notorious bottlenecks on Melbourne’s M80 Ring Road between Sunshine Avenue and the Calder Freeway began this week.

The $300 million joint Australian and Victorian government-funded 3.2-kilometre upgrade is aimed at improving traffic flow and travel times on the road, which will benefit more than 165,000 drivers, including 22,000 truck drivers.

A new electronic lane management system and CCTC cameras are also being employed to ensure incidents are cleared quickly and efficiently.

Victorian Minister for Roads Luke Donnellan said in a statement that the upgrade will see a boost to the Victorian economy with the creation of 1,350 direct and in-direct jobs.

“We’re fixing the bottlenecks with the works widening the M80 from two lanes to four lanes in each direction from Sunshine Avenue to EJ Whitten Bridge and from three lanes to five in each direction across the bridge through to Calder Freeway,” he said.

“The M80 Ring Road Upgrade will slash travel time by saving Greensborough-bound motorists up to 15 minutes and Altona-bound motorists up to 10 minutes.”

“Temporary public safety barriers on the EJ Whitten Bridge will be installed over the coming weeks with permanent barriers to be installed by the end of the project,” said Mr. Donnellan.

Yellow line markings have been painted on the road to advise drivers that they are entering a construction zone.

The Australian and Victorian governments are each contributing $150 million towards the $300 million upgrade.

The project is expected to be completed by late 2018.

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