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Albert St 10 Bulleen Road kept open and connected to the Eastern the EES and, subject to project approval, can be given to the builders Waiora Rd d 8 Fixing the missing link in our city’s ring road will change Waterdale Rd Freeway for local use with safer, easier crossings to Bell St we invite to further refine the design. the way people and goods move about Melbourne. Banyule Rd osanna R schools, sports fields, parklands and community clubs. R

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R North East Link trench r Hei 9 • A dedicated busway along the Eastern Freeway for faster smarter and faster. New lanes where they are needed g pe r Darebin Rd p e b and easier trips to and from the city North East Link tunnel U l d most, separated express and destination lanes, and new e Manningham Rd R d s i on e ps • 25 km of new and upgraded walking and cycling paths H traffic management technology will all work together to St Georges Rd m Eastern Freeway upgrades ho er T increase capacity, bust congestion and slash travel times. w • 10,000 Victorian jobs Maribyrnong Rd Busway Lo 10 A consistent noise standard of 63 decibels along the Grange Rd 14 # # Image on back page King St length of the project including Brunswickthe Eastern Rd Freeway 11 3 Bulleen Rd Planning approvals upgrades to give residents better protection from noise. 2 Planning approvals for North East Link will be informed by an Environment Effects Statement (EES) – Victoria’s most robust and transparent impact Heideleberg Rd assessment process. The EES is on exhibition for public comment from

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12 h 4 New connection under Doncaster Road to cut traffic C the EES. The reference project is not the final design for North East Link. It is one 1 Bulleen Rd Nicholson St Doncaster Rd feasible way the project could be designed, constructed and operated. Planning light delays in and out of the Park and Ride 5 Burke Rd 13 approvals, design work for the project and consultation with communities and Eastern Freeway Wetherby Rd

Smithfield Rd Rd Tram 2 Entry/exit for Thompsons Road services stakeholders is still ongoing and components of the project design could change.

3 Proposed Park and Ride at Bulleen 14 Blackburn Rd

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Springvale Rd 4 Entry/exitDynon for Rd Chandler Highway services Belmore Rd

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Greensborough Road 1 M80 Ring Road interchange 6 Green bridges Blamey Road 8 Victoria’s longest road tunnels 12 Yarra River bike bridge

Greensborough Bypass Lower Plenty Road Yallambie Road City Ringwood

Greensborough Road North East Link Project map North East Link running next to Greensborough Twin road tunnels up to 40 metres below A new bike bridge over the Yarra River April 2019 A new traffic light free interchange M80 Ring Road Road and under green bridges and local roads homes and sensitive environmental areas and busway along the Eastern Freeway

Greensborough Bypass

To see more, visit our project map online 2 Local connections 7 Lower Plenty Road interchange 10 Bulleen Road 13 Eastern Freeway express lanes M80 Ring Road Lower Plenty Road Eastern Freeway City Ringwood northeastlink.vic.gov.au/project + Plenty Road

CONTACT US

[email protected] Greensborough Rd Crema Drive 1800 105 105 North East Link Authority GPO Box 4509, Melbourne VIC 3001

TRANSLATION SERVICE

North East Link + for languages other than Greensborough Road English, please call 9679 9896. More signalised intersections and walking and cycling crossings Please contact us if you would like this Authorised and published by the Victorian Greensborough Road rebuilt on both sides of North East Link and a on Bulleen Road to make getting to and from schools, sports information in an accessible format. Government, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne new walking and bike riding bridge at Yando Street, Greensborough Ramps in and out of the North East Link tunnels grounds and community clubs safer and easier Express lanes running in the centre of an upgraded Eastern Freeway

1 Busway 3 Grimshaw Street interchange 7 Lower Plenty Road interchange 11 Eastern Freeway interchange 14 Koonung Creek wetlands bridge City Ringwood Lower Plenty Road City

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Busway Local connections between Greensborough Road and Lower Plenty New busway lanes and traffic light free Road kept for local use and a new walking and bike riding path Tunnel portals next to Bulleen Road with Upgraded bridge and new noise walls to connection into Doncaster Park and Ride North East Link and Greensborough Road under Grimshaw Street under Lower Plenty Road seamless connections to the Eastern Freeway give residents better protection from noise