We're forging ahead with works on the largest road project on Melbourne’s booming northern edge. As the project powers towards the half-way mark, the spine of the north’s fastest growing community will be receiving vital capacity and improvements in 2023.
Since late February, residents now enjoy upgraded intersections at Hume Highway and at Hardy Avenue/Walter Street which allows for better and safer access to key locations such as the Craigieburn Train Station, Craigieburn Plaza and surrounding businesses, as well as improved access to the Hume Highway.
Traffic lights have replaced the roundabout at Hardy Avenue to allow traffic to flow more smoothly to and from an improved Hume Highway-Craigieburn Road intersection, providing motorists with a massive boost to traffic flow in the area.
This significant milestone was then followed by the opening of the Mickleham Road intersection at the western end of the project to its final arrangement in March.
The massive construction blitz saw crews complete 9 months of work in just 7 weeks, with workers working around-the clock to add extra lanes through this section to keep the more than 28,000 vehicles who use Craigieburn Road each day moving.
With this intensive major works period wrapped up, drivers can enjoy better access to the Hume Highway from Craigieburn Road. Adding more through and turning lanes at Hume Highway-Craigieburn Road will help clear congestion at the suburb’s busiest intersection, with approximately 50,000 motorists moving through this critical juncture every day.
The Hume Highway intersection is 1 of 7 to be upgraded on Craigieburn Road between Mickleham Road and Hume Highway – with traffic lights to be added to Balyang Way, Dorchester Street and Cimberwood Drive, while roundabouts will be replaced with traffic lights at Waterview Boulevard and Hardy Avenue.
Craigieburn Road connects growing residential areas in the north to key routes, nearby freeways and the Melbourne Airport. Its upgrade will improve journey times, slash congestion, improve public transport connections and keep cyclists and pedestrians safe from busy traffic.
The Craigieburn Road Upgrade is scheduled to be fully completed by 2025.