Western Roads Upgrade: Transforming Infrastructure
The Western Roads Upgrade is a critical infrastructure project designed to improve road safety, traffic flow, and connectivity across western Melbourne. This project spans upgrades to 8 main roads in Melbourne’s west, including key arterial roads, bridges and freeway interchanges, ensuring long-lasting benefits for commuters and local communities alike.
Key Highlights of the Western Roads Upgrade
- The Western Roads Upgrade encompasses extensive improvements, including:
- Enhancements to a network of 8 key arterial roads, including the addition of new lanes, intersections, ramps, and safety improvements.
- Strengthening of 4 bridges and a pedestrian overpass.
- Resurfacing and maintenance work on 260 km of roads from Footscray to Werribee, carried out between 2018 and 2021.
The Impact of the Western Roads Upgrade
By addressing some of western Melbourne’s most pressing infrastructure needs, the Western Roads Upgrade promotes safer, smoother, and more efficient travel. The Western Roads Upgrade has significantly enhanced connectivity for the growing communities in Melbourne’s western suburbs. The benefits include:
- Alleviating bottlenecks and improving safety across a network of 8 major roads in the west, with new lanes, improved intersections, and new safety barriers.
- Enhancing connections to key interchanges onto the Western and Princes freeways, including the construction of a new interchange at Duncans Road.
- Improving traffic flow and connectivity between key roads across Melbourne’s west.
- Providing better walking and cycling connections across the west, with over 50km of new walking and cycling paths.
- Constructing 3 new walking and cycling bridges over major roads along the Federation Trail.
- Strengthening 7 structures, including bridges, with the installation of new safety barriers and corrosion protection works.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Western Roads Upgrade is a large-scale project focused on enhancing eight main roads, repairing and resurfacing 37 roads, and strengthening seven structures, including bridges, across Melbourne’s western suburbs
This project enhances road safety, reduces travel times, and provides a more reliable road network, positively impacting both daily commuters and the broader community