Melbourne’s north

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Video: Building big in the north

Music: Slower but rhythmic beat that builds in intensity.

Voiceover: Victoria’s Big Build is improving road and rail and is already transforming how you travel in the north east.

Vision: Aerial view of a massive construction site with huge cranes and activity on the ground. Four construction workers removing a boom gate at a level crossing removal site. Aerial views over 2 road project construction sites. Close-up of a man sitting on the train looking out the window.

Text title: Melbourne’s north east

Voiceover: The North East Link will reduce travel times and ease congestion

Vision: North East Link tunnel boring machine cutter heads being lowered by a crane into place. The screen splits into 2 sections, with an aerial view over the North East Link tunnelling construction site and a purple background with white writing and icons of a car and twin tunnels.

Text: Building North East Link. Connecting the Eastern Freeway to the M80 Ring Road. Creating more space for parklands above.

Voiceover: The tunnels will create more space for parklands and wetlands above.

Vision: North East Link construction site from above, with traffic moving across the newly built road. Aerial view over 2 roads with cars travelling in both directions.

Voiceover: We’re removing level crossings, with many already gone.

Text: Boom gates gone in the north east.

Vision: Transition into a screen split 3 ways, with aerial views over 3 completed level crossing removal sites - Munro Street, Bell Road and Reynard Street. The screen splits again into 6 squares each displaying a different completed level crossing removal site - Moreland Road. Oakover Road. Bell Street. Cramer Street. Murray Road. Keon Parade.

Voiceover: The Lilydale Line has become the first level crossing-free rail line.

Vision: Completed Coolstore Road level crossing removal site showing a car driving under the new rail bridge. Completed Dublin Road level crossing removal site showing cars driving along the new road.

Voiceover: We’re building new stations and making it easier to walk, cycle and enjoy new open spaces.

Vision: Text transitions to a blue screen with animated words sliding into view.

Text: Building new stations.

Vision: The screen splits into 3 sections, each showing a newly built station – Croydon, Ringwood East and Keon Park. The screen splits into 6 squares, each showing a newly built station – Greensborough, Bell, Coburg, Montmorency, Preston and Moreland.

Voiceover: We’re improving safety for drivers by upgrading and repairing some of our busiest and most congested roads.

Text: Road upgrades in the north east.

Vision: Aerial view over Epping Road and then Bridge Inn Road traffic and construction.

Voiceover: More trains on the Cranbourne, Pakenham and Sunbury lines will run through the new Metro Tunnel, stopping at 5 new underground stations.

Vision: The screen split into 3 sections, each showing a train with a different line – Cranbourne, Pakenham and Sunbury. Driver’s view from the front of a train driving through a tunnel. The screen splits into sections to reveal footage of the 5 new stations.

Text: Building the Metro Tunnel. A new rail line under Melbourne’s CBD. Arden. Parkville. State Library. Town Hall. Anzac.

Voiceover: The West Gate Tunnel will reduce travel times making journeys between the north east and west easier and deliver a vital alternative to the West Gate Bridge.

Vision: Aerial view over West Gate Freeway with the city in the background. The camera moves closer to the city, scanning over traffic below.

Text: Building the West Gate Tunnel. A vital alternative to the West Gate Bridge.

Voiceover: The Suburban Rail Loop will connect you to hospitals, universities and jobs.

Vision: Text transitions to a green screen with animated words sliding into view. The screen splits into 3 sections showing artist impressions of people walking around – a hospital, a university and an office precinct.

Text: Building the Suburban Rail Loop. Hospitals. Universities. Jobs.

Voiceover: We’re getting on with delivering what’s needed to keep the north east moving

Vision: Long-range aerial view over Epping Road intersection. Long-range aerial view over a train driving along tracks.

Text: Epping Road. Hurstbridge Line Duplication.

Voiceover: both now and for the future.

Vision: Sped-up vision of North East Link tunnel boring machine getting assembled. Aerial view over the twin tunnel entrance site. Major construction site with cranes lined up in the distance.

Text: North East Link.

Vision: Transition to a black screen with the white Victoria’s Big Build and Victorian State Government logos.

Text: bigbuild.vic.gov.au/north

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