North East Link

NORTH EAST LINK

COMMUNITY UPDATE ISSUE 02 AUGUST 2017

Working towards a preferred road corridor

North East Link is the missing link that will finally connect Melbourne’s freeway network between the Metropolitan Ring Road and the Eastern Freeway or EastLink. We want to hear from you Our team of specialists is working A snapshot of what we’ve been with government, industry and working on so far is included in this Talk to us online at community groups to understand newsletter and there is more detail how different corridors perform and on our website. northeastlink.vic.gov.au to recommend a preferred option. or come to one of our In working towards the best corridor, information sessions in August. we’ve examined four possible routes Now we want to to get a better understanding of For more information, visit what’s possible. hear from you to get the back page. this project right.

Authorised and published by the Victorian Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne What we’ve been working on

A project as big as North East Link takes a lot of work to get right.

We’ve been reassessing previous studies, completing new studies, and testing how well potential corridors do (or don’t) perform. Here are some of the studies we’ve been working on.

Local community impacts Traffic surveys and modelling We are looking at overall Traffic modelling helps us to understand how North East Link would change demographics, local and state traffic conditions in the future. Modelling uses hundreds of variables including government strategic plans, trends population growth, costs like fuel and parking and planned road and public from Census data and information transport upgrades. from peak bodies. Information from VicRoads, local councils and completing surveys of our own will help us work out the best solution. Some of these surveys include counting placarded loads (trucks carrying dangerous goods) and using Bluetooth data to map where vehicles are travelling from and to.

Geotechnical Economic Environment and cultural heritage We’ve gathered existing information Large transport projects can Desktop and field studies help identify from roads, parks and water significantly boost economic growth sensitive areas in each corridor. authorities and completed our own and jobs. Our work so far has focused We’ve also been meeting with local investigations. We know there are on understanding how the existing community groups to understand areas where geotechnical conditions what’s important to them. network is constraining growth, and present challenges for construction or tunnelling. identifying the economic benefits North East Link can bring to the north-east and south-east.

The team is also looking at what improvements will be needed to existing roads, public transport routes and walking and cycling Urban design and visual impacts Engineering connections to make The urban design team is developing The engineering team is working North East Link work most an urban design framework to guide to understand the impacts from all effectively. how our planning should reflect local the other studies and completing character and identity so that the their own to determine how the road design of the project fits into the local alignment, grades, interchanges, landscape as well as possible. tunnels and bridges will work to deliver North East Link.

1 NORTH EAST LINK COMMUNITY UPDATE ISSUE 02 AUGUST 2017 NORTH EAST LINK CORRIDORS

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Our work so far shows that each corridor has both pros and What is the Urban Growth cons. It also shows that all options will include tunnels as Boundary (UGB) well as new surface roads and bridges to connect to the existing The UGB helps direct growth road network. to areas with appropriate infrastructure and services while We’ve been assessing how well each corridor performs across a range of protecting rural and environmental measures. A few areas you’ve told us are important to you are shown below. areas from development pressure. You can find more information on the next few pages and on our website.

Areas of interest

Reducing congestion Getting trucks off Connecting more Connecting Making freight move in the north-east residential roads in people to jobs and businesses more efficiently the north-east education

Improving public Improving Ability to protect the Ability to minimise transport connections connections for environment, culture, impacts from and travel times pedestrians and heritage and open construction-related cyclists spaces traffic

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Springvale Rd corridor Score This corridor is likely to... CityLink Burwood Hwy EastLink This corridor would Provide a more direct alternative to congested roads in the north-east using follow the Greensborough good connections to the existing road network. Highway south using existing freeway reserve Provide opportunities to get trucks off many residential roads in the north-east and connect with the such as Rosanna Road, Para Road and Fitzsimons Lane. Eastern Freeway near Bulleen Road. Connect people to jobs and education in the north and east, including the La Trobe University and West Heidelberg industrial hub, Box Hill and Ringwood.

Provide opportunities for local businesses to access potential customers and workers, including in key existing and emerging employment areas.

Provide travel time improvements between key freight locations.

Be effective at reducing congestion on roads used by public transport and roads used by commuters to get to key stops and stations. Eastern Freeway upgrades would provide an opportunity for improved bus services.

Offer potential to divert trucks away from road cycling routes and places where people shop and work. Offer opportunities to improve cycling and walking connections for people in the north-east, including opportunities for new shared use paths.

Offer opportunities to protect cultural and heritage spaces and the environment such as tunnelling under the Banyule Flats. This corridor would involve some environmental impacts associated with surface works.

Involve disruptions from upgrades to the Eastern Freeway between Chandler To find out more and tell Highway and Springvale Road to cater for additional traffic. Constructing the us what you think visit Eastern Freeway interchange would involve significant disruptions. northeastlink.vic.gov.au

KEY Performs very poorly Performs poorly Neutral Performs well Performs very well

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Canterbury Rd This route is indicative only. It is subject to further technical, engineering and other studies. Springvale Rd

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About this What we’ve found so far corridor Score This corridor is likely to... This corridor would Reduce traffic on the Eastern Freeway and Manningham Road but would provide provide a direct limited congestion relief to key north to south roads such as Fitzsimons Lane. connection from the M80 to EastLink. It would not Get trucks off some residential roads such as Rosanna Road but increase the require upgrades to the number of trucks on others, particularly some connected to the corridor. Eastern Freeway. Potentially connect people to jobs and education but access would be widely dispersed along the corridor.

Provide some opportunities for local businesses to access potential customers and workers in the wider area but would not greatly improve access for businesses located in key current and emerging employment areas.

Offer a direct connection to existing freight routes, however would likely have long inclines that would slow trucks down and reduce efficiency overall.

Provide limited improvements to key public transport routes or access to public transport interchanges.

Offer moderate potential to divert trucks away from road cycling routes and places where people shop and work however have limited ability to provide new or enhanced walking and cycling paths.

Offer opportunities to protect some sensitive areas including the Yarra River by tunnelling but would involve some environmental impacts associated with surface works.

Create disruptions to the transport network including building a highly complex interchange at EastLink, upgrading Springvale Road and Reynolds Road and To find out more and tell potentially extending Reynolds Road to connect to the Maroondah Highway. us what you think visit northeastlink.vic.gov.au

KEY Performs very poorly Performs poorly Neutral Performs well Performs very well

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Urban growth boundary Mt Dandenong Rd Eastern Fwy Maroondah Hwy Ringwood Extensive tunnelling would be used to Bypass CBD protect sensitive environmental and heritage areas. Canterbury Rd

Canterbury Rd This route is indicative only. It is subject to further Springvale Rd technical, engineering and other studies.

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About this What we’ve found so far

corridor Score This corridor is likely to... Similar to Corridor B, this Reduce congestion on some key north south roads such as Rosanna Road and option would connect to Fitzsimons Lane. EastLink and not require any upgrades to the Offer an opportunity to get a limited number of trucks off roads in the north-east Eastern Freeway. such as Rosanna Road and Fitzsimons Lane.

Deliver better access to jobs and education.

Provide good access to businesses located in major urban centres and for those in the wider metropolitan area but only marginally improve access to key existing and emerging employment areas.

Provide ability to reduce truck travel times, however would likely have long inclines which would slow trucks down and reduce efficiency overall.

Offer some opportunities to improve public transport by reducing congestion on roads used by public transport.

Offer potential to divert trucks away from road cycling routes and places where people shop and work however have limited ability to provide new or enhanced walking and cycling paths.

Offer opportunities to protect sensitive areas including the Yarra River by tunnelling but would involve some environmental impacts associated with surface works.

Involve disruptions to the transport network from works at EastLink, Springvale To find out more and tell Road and Reynolds Road and upgrades to Ryans Road. us what you think visit northeastlink.vic.gov.au

KEY Performs very poorly Performs poorly Neutral Performs well Performs very well

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Potential interchange Urban growth boundary Mt Dandenong Rd Eastern Fwy Maroondah Hwy Ringwood Bypass Extensive tunnelling would be used to CBD protect sensitive environmental and heritage areas. Canterbury Rd

Canterbury Rd This route is indicative only. It is subject to further Springvale Rd technical, engineering and other studies.

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About this What we’ve found so far corridor Score This corridor is likely to... This corridor would Offer few connections into the existing road network and be unlikely to help connect with EastLink reduce congestion in the north-east. south of Ringwood and travel east using part of Offer minimal ability to reduce trucks on residential roads in the north-east. the proposed Healesville Freeway Reserve. It was initially considered Extend into an area with a low population density and connect few people to jobs that this corridor would be and education opportunities. suitable for a road with no Extend into an area with low levels of business density and activity and offer tunnel to cater for trucks. few businesses opportunities to benefit from improved access to workers and Preliminary investigations customers. have found that tunnels and bridges would be Provide an indirect route which would increase travel distances significantly for required to minimise freight movement. impacts on sensitive areas and avoid steep inclines. Achieve no significant improvement to public transport services in the north-east.

Offer limited opportunities for walking and cycling paths.

Offer opportunities to protect some sensitive areas including Bend of Islands by tunnelling but would involve some environmental impacts associated with surface works. It would also place development pressure on semi-rural communities outside the urban growth boundary and the green wedge.

Be likely to cause minimal construction disruptions to the transport network. To find out more and tell us what you think visit It would most likely have two tunnels and the remaining road would be built northeastlink.vic.gov.au above ground. The interchanges, other than at EastLink, would be relatively straightforward to build.

KEY Performs very poorly Performs poorly Neutral Performs well Performs very well

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