We’re upgrading the Eastern Freeway with new express lanes, new traffic management technology and Melbourne’s first dedicated busway. These changes will reduce travel times by up to 11 minutes between Springvale Road and Hoddle Street and improve public transport in Melbourne’s east.
We’ll also connect the Eastern Freeway to the new North East Link tunnels in Bulleen – linking Melbourne’s east to the M80 Ring Road in Greensborough, cutting travel times by 35 minutes, skipping 18 sets of traffic lights and taking 15,000 trucks a day off local roads.
As we overhaul the Eastern Freeway, we’ll build new and upgraded walking and cycling paths, bridges and underpasses, upgrade community open spaces, revitalise wetlands and waterways and plant new trees and plants. A tougher noise standard and new and upgraded noise walls will also deliver better noise protection for residents.
A tougher noise standard and new and upgraded noise walls will also deliver better noise protection for residents.
The Eastern Freeway Upgrades will be delivered in 3 stages. Major works from Burke Road to Tram Road are underway now.
Designs for the remaining stages from Hoddle Street to Burke Road, and Tram Road to Springvale Road will be on exhibition for community feedback in late 2025. Early works will commence from mid 2025.
The Eastern Freeway Upgrades will deliver:
- new express lanes and on-road technology to ease congestion
- new dedicated bus lanes, improving public transport in Melbourne’s east
- revitalised parklands, wetlands and waterways
- smarter on-road traffic technology to get you home safer and sooner
- new and upgraded walking and cycling connections, including wider dedicated bridges over the Eastern Freeway and a bridge over the Yarra River
- new and upgraded noise walls, designed to meet Victoria’s toughest noise standard – 63 dBA during the day and 58 dBA at night
- 2 park and rides at Bulleen and Doncaster, doubling the number of commuter parking spaces.
Project map
Use the map to explore the first stage of the Eastern Freeway Upgrades from Burke Road to Tram Road.
For more information, read the project design update or the Burke Road to Tram Road Urban Design and Landscape Plan.
Explore the project
