We’re working on both sides of Bulleen Road as tunnelling continues on North East Link.

What we'll be doing

Activities to support tunnelling works will take place 24 hours a day, seven days a week. During this time, we’ll aim to minimise noise and light impacts away from your property as much as possible.

Overnight deliveries

We'll be delivering large pre-cast panel beams that will form part of the southern ventilation structure and roof of the tunnel.

Deliveries will occur between 11pm and 5am Mondays to Fridays, with up to six deliveries each night.

Most deliveries will arrive from the Eastern Freeway and Bulleen Road before entering our work site off Bulleen Road near the Carey Sports Complex.

Managing construction impacts

Throughout our works, you may experience noise, light, dust, and vibration. We manage these impacts through real time monitoring, water carts and street sweepers, targeted lighting, and reducing noise and vibration within the construction zone.

You may notice workers on local streets capturing photos as part of our ongoing management of these impacts. We do this in conjunction with our modelling to ensure we have an accurate understanding of how these impacts may be felt in different areas. We will notify you before capturing any photos that include your property and we are happy to provide these photos upon request.

You may also see workers machinery in place, in and around construction areas, workers completing surveys in local streets and an increase of trucks removing dirt from our worksites.

Track our TBMs

Our TBMs are powering ahead, excavating the North East Link Tunnels from Watsonia to Bulleen. Both TBMs will take planned breaks throughout their journey from Watsonia to Bulleen to undertake regular maintenance. You can track their progress by visiting the Tunnel boring machines tracker.

Eastern Freeway Upgrades

Earlier this month, we moved traffic onto a new elevated section of Bulleen Road, making space for building the overhead connections into the North East Link tunnels.

You’ll now start to see an increase of activity, including additional bridge foundation works involving multiple piling rigs, concrete structures and significant earthworks for the remainder of the year.

New bridges for better trips

As we build new express lanes on the Eastern Freeway, the road and pedestrian bridges that cross the freeway at Estelle Street, Doncaster Road and Heyington Avenue are all being upgraded.

Through to the end of 2025 we'll be working to build the 3 new bridges over the freeway. We'll need to close sections of the freeway at times and drivers can expect full freeway closures as well as overnight lane and ramp closures. Plan ahead to avoid delays.

Keeping in touch

We’ll be out talking to nearby residents and businesses about these works in more detail, including how we’ll be managing any local impacts. If you have any questions now, please contact the NELP 24/7 Contact Centre on 1800 105 105.

For languages other than English please call 9209 0147.

If you need assistance due to a hearing or speech impairment, visit relayservice.gov.au