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, 7 days a week. During this time, we’ll aim to minimise noise and light impacts away from your property as much as possible.

Oversize 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 6 deliveries each night.

Most deliveries will arrive from the Eastern Freeway and Bulleen Road before entering our work site off Bulleen Road near the Marcellin College and Manningham Hotel & Club access road.

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.

Eastern Freeway upgrades

Works are progressing across all our sites, with bridges and major new interchanges continuing to take shape along the freeway.

We recently installed the new Heyington and Estelle bridges across the freeway, and we’ll continue finishing works on the bridges and surrounding path networks, ready for opening later this year.

Works are also progressing on the new city side of the Doncaster Road bridge, and we’ve begun installing our first noise wall panels along Koonung Creek Reserve.

While we work, there will be lane, ramp and full freeway closures in 1 or both directions, at times on the Eastern Freeway. Please plan ahead and allow additional time.

We’re working hard to minimise disruptions to the local community. Visit the Disruptions map for information on traffic disruptions, closure details.

October closures

As works progress, until 6am Monday 6 October, we’ll have reduced lanes on Manningham Road, Bulleen Road and Bridge Street in Bulleen, to allow crews to safely carry out drainage works as part of the future Manningham Road interchange.

Bulleen Road will be closed southbound, day and night, between Manningham Road and Noelle Street. There will also be lane closures on Manningham Road, Bridge Street and Bulleen Road with reduced access in both directions. Detours via Manningham and Thompsons roads.

Drivers can expect delays of up to 20 minutes during these works. We’re working hard to minimise disruptions to the local community.

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 at Tunnel boring machines tracker.

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