Melbourne’s north

Outside entrance of the new Keon Park Station

Road and rail projects are underway in your local area to help support the surrounding community.

These projects will make it easier for you to travel by car, but also offer you improved public transport and cycling options.

Thanks for your patience as we continue building in Melbourne’s north.

Projects in Melbourne's north

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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