JUNE 2017 Walking and cycling Creating a continuous journey from Werribee to the city The West Gate Tunnel Project will deliver over 14 km of new and upgraded walking and cycling paths, making travel easier and safer. The project responds to feedback for more choices and better access by upgrading existing paths, creating new connections and providing a revitalised urban environment. Key benefits include: • a completed Federation Trail and missing links in the Kororoit Creek Trail • a new 2.5 km elevated veloway which will give cyclists a safe and express route to and from the city • better links to popular trails across Greater Melbourne • connecting Spotswood and Yarraville with a new pedestrian and cycling path from Hyde Street Reserve to Spotswood Station • a new connection along Hyde Street and Harris Street in Yarraville which will redirect cyclists from the dangerous intersection of Somerville Road and Whitehall Street • a new cycling and pedestrian bridge connecting Yarraville Gardens and the Maribyrnong River • connecting communities with new paths across the West Gate Freeway improving safety and access • new, safer cycling and pedestrian bridge across Moonee Ponds Creek at Dynon Road • a new bridge crossing over Footscray Road at Moonee Ponds Creek Trail, avoiding the busy signalised intersection It will be easier and safer for people to walk and cycle throughout Melbourne’s West Stylised map not to scale Footscray To Melbourne Airport Legend Dynon Rd North CITYLINK 12 Melbourne Tunnels Sims Rd D d Surface road Shepherd ynon R Bridge 9 Elevated road and structures Footscray Rd Road cutting Seddon 7 Hyde St k Footscray Rd e 11 Dudley St e Tunnel portals r Whitehall St C Swanson s d n Dock o Mackenzie Rd 8 P e r e n Shared use paths (existing near e Somerville Rd o v o i 6 M Yarraville R 10 project corridor) Gardens Appleton Dock Rd CBD g n Coode Laverton o Island n Shared use paths (new or upgraded North r Spencer St y Wurundjeri Way b Appleton i near projectr corridor) r Dock a K o M r o r o i Open spaces (new or upgraded near t Yarraville C r Princes Hwy project corridor) e e k Brooklyn Francis St Freight rail Docklands Hyde St Bolte Bridge McIvor 3 3 Reserve 2 Yarra River reek y C n To Ballarat to S Williamstown Rd Fishermans Bend Southbank Donald McLean Crofts Reserve Reserve West Gate Bridge WEST GATE FWY 4 Todd Rd 1 2 Cook St Spotswood To south eastern suburbs South Millers Rd Hudsons Rd Kingsville 5 Melbourne Rd Altona Blackshaws Rd North Port Melbourne Grieve Pde Webb Dock Albert Park To Geelong Kororoit Creek Rd 1 New north-south link will connect the Kororoit Creek and 4 A cycling and pedestrian Federation trails in the north and Crofts Reserve and the path near the Newport future Kororoit Creek Trail extension in the south. freight rail line at New Street, South Kingsville 2 Wider, well-lit paths under the West Gate Freeway at Millers that will connect to the Road and Williamstown Road and new pedestrian bridges Federation Trail, the over the freeway at Lynch Reserve and Fogarty Avenue. Bradmill and Precinct 15 sites. 3 Completing the missing link in the Federation Trail with a new off-road path between Fogarty Avenue and Hyde Street New shared use path bridge, Harris Street, Footscray Road express veloway Footscray Road, Docklands 5 A new connection from Yarraville and upgrades to the trail from Kororoit Creek to Fogarty the Federation Trail to Avenue. Hyde Street Reserve 7 A new cycling and 9 A new 2.5 km elevated 11 A new bridge over and Spotswood Station pedestrian bridge over veloway along Footscray Footscray Road will that will improve Whitehall Street will Road will create an remove a dangerous and access and connect create a link between express journey for busy crossing. the neighbourhoods of Yarraville Gardens and cyclists to and from the Spotswood and Yarraville. the Maribyrnong River city completely separated 12 A new pedestrian and and take cyclists off busy from traffic with two cycling bridge at Dynon 6 Upgraded cycling Whitehall Street. emergency exits. Road will make it safer facilities along Hyde and easier to cross Street from Somerville 8 The existing walking 10 The existing path on Moonee Ponds Creek Road will improve cyclist and cycling path along Footscray Road over the and the rail lines to link safety, removing the Footscray Road will Moonee Ponds Creek will in to the broader cycle need to use the Whitehall remain available as be upgraded to provide a network. Street / Somerville Road an alternative route wider and safer path. intersection. for pedestrians and Federation Trail missing link, Yarraville cyclists and feature new landscaping. Artist impressions only - does not include detailed design Timeline Community Engagement Reference design Concept design and tender Confirm Construction consultation issued to market design commences WE ARE 2016 2017 HERE 2018 EES EES impact Tender EES public Planning Construction required assessments responses exhibition approvals complete commence submitted 2022 EES public exhibition, EES development inquiry and approvals Construction from early 2018 Construction will begin after we have planning Find out more and stay involved approvals - expected later this year - with • Sign up for email updates or ask a works to be completed by the end of 2022. question through our website The Environment Effects Statement (EES) for • Follow us on Facebook and Twitter the West Gate Tunnel Project has detailed • Talk with your local Community Liaison information about how the project could Group member affect people and the environment and how the impacts will be managed. 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About the West Gate Tunnel westgatetunnelproject.vic.gov.au Project [email protected] The West Gate Tunnel will deliver a vital alternative to the West Gate Bridge, 1300 280 939 provide quicker and safer journeys, and remove thousands of trucks from facebook.com/westgatetunnelproject local streets. @westgatetunnel The project includes widening the West Gate Tunnel Project West Gate Freeway from 8 to 12 lanes GPO Box 4509 between the M80 and Williamstown Melbourne Victoria 3001 Road, new twin tunnels under Yarraville, a bridge over the Maribyrnong River Interpreter service: 13 14 50 and an elevated road along Footscray Road connecting to the city’s north as If you are deaf, or have a hearing or speech well as a city bypass. impairment, contact us through the National Relay Service. For more information, visit: www.relayservice.gov.au. .