Foreshadowed in February 2017, Melbourne’s bus operating contracts were flagged for review and the government has begun to announce which operators have re-signed on the dotted line. The Minister for Public Transport, Jacinta Allan, announced on Easter Monday that Ventura, CDC Victoria and Donric have all signed new operating contracts with the government. The original…
Other cities around the world are looking to building more advanced light rail systems as I discussed in this article. In the absence, still, of any transport plan for people who don’t need to travel to the CBD for work and in the context of the inevitable growth of Melbourne’s already decentralised employment centres which…
In all the kerfuffle that’s been caused by the release of Infrastructure Australia’s national priority list yesterday, the citation of the ongoing ‘need’ to sort out the Eastern Freeway to City link gap is perhaps the most predictable. It’s the cheapest of cheap shots for some segments of the media to try and wedge the…
Now that one of the biggest milestones in the Melbourne Metro Tunnel project has been and gone – placing the order for the tunneling machines – the Melbourne Metro Rail Authority has published information pertaining to other works that will be carried out to transport the Pakenham/Cranbourne and Sunbury lines into one largely operationally independent…
An amendment to the design and development overlay governing the Melbourne Metro project has been triggered and is now being advertised after the contractor for the tunnel and station build has refined the route the tunnels will take. During the Environmental Effects Statement process, a DDO was applied to all land that could be directly…
The Premier has announced stage 2 of the latest round of Monash Freeway widening will include thickening the road in the midsection of the road as well as widening the road as far as Cardinia Road. Curiously, widening works will mean outbound lanes from Warrigal Road to Eastlink will go from 4 to 5 lanes…
At its April 3rd meeting of last year, the City of Darebin released a technical and pre-feasibility study compiled by Raylink Consulting which looked at solutions for expanding the scope of the Bell Street level crossing removal project to cover 3 additional roads through the use of an elevated rail segment. Bell Street and Bell…
Spring Street has forewarned the travelling public to expect delays over March and April as major shutdowns occur on key parts of the city’s transport network. From the 16th of March to the 29th of April, the Hurstbridge line will be shut down with buses replacing trains between Clifton Hill and Macleod/Greensborough. The Hurstbridge line…
Hot on the heels of the new Noble Park station opening, Clayton is rapidly approaching its open date as well. The Level Crossing Removal Authority (LXRA) noted on its facebook(link is external) page(link is external) that the first part of the catenary is now in place, as well as the first pieces of track as well…
Construction is set to commence on the Genton-designed refreshed Frankston station this month which is set to include new public plazas and walkways. McGregor Coxall have worked with Genton during the design phase, accounting for the station’s new landscape architecture features. Genton Architecture was announced as the winner of the design competition in March 2017 and Spring…