East West Link (Melbourne)
The East West Link is a proposed 18-kilometre tollway in Melbourne, Australia, to connect the Eastern Freeway at Clifton Hill with the Western Ring Road at Sunshine West. The Napthine Coalition Government signed a $5.3 billion contract with the East West Connect consortium in September 2014, just prior to the November 2014 state election, to begin construction on the eastern tunnel segment of the project. It became one of the central issues in the election, and a subsequent change in government led to the project's cancellation at a cost of $1.1 billion. The problem of poor "connectivity between Melbourne's Eastern Freeway and CityLink" has since been included in Infrastructure Australia's list of Australia's 32 "highest priority" infrastructure needs and various solutions remain part of long-term state road planning.
Traffic approaches the city end of the Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, where the East West Link would have begun. Vehicles queue to turn into Hoddle Street (left lanes) or continue west to Alexandra Parade (right lanes).
The West Gate Bridge, Melbourne, which was built to handle 40,000 vehicles a day, is now used by over 165,000 a day.
Traffic congestion on the Monash Freeway, Melbourne.
Rally against the East-West Link in Brunswick, supported by Moreland City Council, March 2014.
The M80 Ring Road is a partially complete urban freeway ring road around Melbourne, Australia. This article will deal with the entire length of the corridor for sake of completion, as well to avoid confusion between declarations.
M80 Ring Road
EJ Whitten Bridge
Western Ring Road at Keilor Park
A panorama of the M80 Western ring road eastern off ramp at Sydney Road in Fawkner, Melbourne