Widening the West Gate Freeway: Newport Rail Bridge to Williamstown Road

Between now and the end of October, the West Gate Tunnel Project team will be completing more work on and close to the West Gate Freeway between the Newport Rail Bridge and Williamstown Road.

If the works will be particularly disruptive, we will get in touch with affected households before they begin.

Traffic disruptions will be updated on social media and the Big Build website, and sent out via our weekly traffic email alert.

Installation of new noise walls

Ongoing until end of September 2021

We're continuing to install new noise walls alongside the West Gate Freeway – mainly between Steel and Vernier Streets. We will be using cranes to install large concrete and acrylic panels. We will be doing these works at night so that we can close a lane on the freeway for the crane and keep traffic moving at the same time.

We’ll be in touch if works are going to be particularly disruptive.

Building the new Hyde Street ramps at Williamstown Road

Nightly closures from 9pm to 5am

There will be ongoing nightly closures (9pm to 5am) of Williamstown Road under the West Gate Freeway. This is needed as we continue to build the two Hyde Street ramps that will go over Williamstown Road, creating new connections for trucks into and out of the local industrial area.

To date we have completed the structures that sit beneath the ground and built some of the columns that the ramps will sit on. The next set of activities will include installation of support structures for the new ramps and pouring concrete to make the new lanes.

For the latest updates, dates of closures and detour route information visit: bigbuild.vic.gov.au/disruptions.

Newport Rail Bridge and The Avenue

Ongoing until early 2022

We will be closing The Avenue underneath the West Gate Freeway to carry out important freeway widening works. Works include demolishing the outer edge of one of the bridges using high pressure water, installing barriers and beams on the new bridges, and installing noise wall posts and acrylic panels on the new bridges that sit above The Avenue.

For all these works we will need to close the connection between The Avenue and Fogarty Avenue – this is so we don’t have paint or debris falling on road users or pedestrians.

We will be working day and night near The Avenue throughout these works to get them as quickly as possible. This includes using high pressure water to remove concrete at night throughout August.

For the latest traffic updates, dates of closures and detour route information visit the Victoria's Big Build Disruption webpage.

Federation Trail walking and cycling path extension

Ongoing until early 2022

We continue to work on the extension of Federation Trail alongside Fogarty Avenue, as well as the new walking and cycling bridge that will go over the Williamstown Road citybound exit ramp.

These works will include excavating dirt and pouring concrete for the new path, as well as building the structures to support the bridge that will go over the Williamstown Road citybound exit ramp.

Update on the Muir Street walking and cycling overpass

The stairs at Steel Street, Spotswood and Fogarty Avenue, Yarraville are expected to open in early 2022 once access to the stairs have been completed.

You may have also seen corflutes being installed along the residential side of the overpass ramps. This is part of our temporary solution for the noise being created during high winds.

These corflutes are in place while we work to identify and install an appropriate permanent solution.

Update on the Southern Inbound and Outbound Tunnels Portals

Ongoing until 2022

Works will continue at the Southern Inbound and Outbound portals, which includes installing concrete segments, concrete pours, excavation works and soil removal.