Overview
We’ll be connecting an upgraded Eastern Freeway to the new 6.5km North East Link tunnels from Bulleen to Watsonia. The new tunnels and freeway upgrades will link Melbourne’s east up to the M80 Ring Road in Greensborough, cutting travel times by up to 35 minutes and taking 15,000 trucks off local roads a day.
The Eastern Freeway Upgrades from Hoddle Street to Springvale Road will be delivered in 3 stages, starting from Burke to Tram roads.
The design for the Eastern Freeway/North East Link tunnels interchange was exhibited in the Urban Design and Landscape Plan for the North East Link tunnels in May 2022 and approved in February 2023. An Urban Design and Landscape Plan (UDLP) for the remaining section of the Eastern Freeway Upgrades from Burke Road to Tram Road was exhibited for comment in October 2023.
The feedback we’ve received during the public exhibition in 2023 is being collated and an approved UDLP will be shared in 2024. UDLPs for the remaining stages of the Eastern Freeway Upgrades will be on exhibition in 2025.
Changed traffic conditions on the Eastern Freeway
When driving on the Eastern Freeway, you will continue to notice reduced speed limits and changes to travel around our work sites between Burke and Tramroads. Please follow all speed limits and instructions.
Project design
Explore the project design for the first stage of the Eastern Freeway Upgrades from Burke Road to Tram Road.
Project fact sheets
Eastern Freeway Upgrades design, October 2023
Eastern Freeway Upgrades design, October 2023 ( 简体中文 )
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* The design for the Eastern Freeway/North East Link tunnels interchange in Bulleen was on exhibition for public comment from 11 to 31 May 2022, in the North East Link tunnels Urban Design and Landscape Plan.