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A cyclists’ protest on one of Melbourne’s busiest arterial road comes as the Greens release budget office costings showing the price tag for level crossing removals. ....
- South Gippsland Highway will be closed for 22 days as part of the finishing touches of a level-crossing removal project at Dandenong South. During the three-week “blitz”, construction crews will connect a new road bridge and the Princes Highway intersection. South Gippsland Highway will be closed between Dandenong Bypass and Princes Highway from 9pm Friday 16 July to 5am Friday 6 August. Detours will direct traffic via Dandenong Bypass and Frankston-Dandenong Road. Metropolitan Roads Program Alliance Project Director Andrew Pepplinkhouse said the road closure was a necessary inconvenience. “Once these works are complete the new road bridge will make the level crossing a thing of the past, easing congestion for road users and providing safer cycling and pedestrian links through the area and thousands of new trees and shrubs.” ....
Tara Murray Community concerns are yet to be addressed in the planning for the Fitzgerald Road level crossing removal, according to Brimbank council. The state government announced in January that work on removal of level crossings at Fitzgerald Road, Ardeer and Robinsons Road, Deer Park had been brought forward to this year. At last week’s council meeting, councillors resolved to write to Transport Minister Jacinta Allan and the Level Crossing Removal Project team over a number of concerns they have about the Fitzgerald Road removal. The council had previously written to both in September, raising concerns about loss of open space and biodiversity, traffic noise impacts, air pollution and active transport. The council said it did not receive replies to its letters until after the announcement that the project had been brought forward. ....