Work to remove the Maidstone Street, Altona level crossing is powering ahead, with motorists now using a new temporary road to minimise disruptions while crews continue to build the new road bridge.
The temporary road has been built alongside the existing road north of the rail line and is helping to keep traffic moving while construction continues behind barriers.
Crews also completed rail works over the weekend, installing infrastructure to isolate the rail line to enable trains to continue running during peak construction periods, minimising the need for buses to replace trains.
Building a road bridge over the rail line avoids impacting important underground utilities and will boost safety and provide better connections across the busy industrial area.
Removing the level crossing will reduce congestion for the 14,400 vehicles that use the crossing each day, with the boom gates currently down for 25 minutes of the morning peak.
The Maidstone Street level crossing will be gone for good in 2027, and the Werribee Line will be level crossing free by 2029.
