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MORDIALLOC FREEWAY - Major Road Projects Victoria
AUGUST 2021

MORDIALLOC
FREEWAY
We’re building the Mordialloc Freeway to connect the
Mornington Peninsula Freeway to the Dingley Bypass.
In July, we hit another massive                            • installed drainage under Lower
milestone, installing the last of                            Dandenong Road at Howard Road              We’ll carry out most of these
the 252 beams that make up the                             • laid asphalt and completed                 works during the day, Monday
Freeway's six bridges. With the                              linemarking at the Dingley Bypass.         to Friday between 7am and
bridge over Springvale Road now                                                                         7pm and on Saturdays between
built, we’re turning our focus                                                                          7am and 3.30pm. Some works
to the finishing touches for the                           What we’re doing                             may need to happen at night
                                                                                                        to minimise impacts on traffic
Freeway and local roads over the                           Over the coming month, we’ll:
                                                                                                        and utility services, but we’ll let
coming months.                                             • start laying the final layer of            you know in advance of works
                                                             asphalt on local roads                     outside our normal hours.
Recently, we also:
                                                           • continue installing the world’s first
• built the new lanes and traffic islands
                                                             75% recycled plastic noise walls
  at the Centre Dandenong Road and
                                                             along the Freeway
  Boundary Road intersection
• completed asphalting works on                            • finish installing barriers and
  Centre Dandenong Road                                      drainage on the Lower Dandenong
                                                             Road and Governor Road bridges
• finished pouring the concrete decks
                                                             before starting to paint them
  and started installing barriers for the
  bridges over Governor and Lower                          • continue planting a million trees       Image above: Beam lift on the
  Dandenong roads                                            and plants along the Freeway.           bridge over Springvale Road

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                                                                                           A bird’s eye view
impacts                                    your journey                                    Check out our latest video
                                                                                           flying over the Freeway to
We’ll use trucks, cranes, excavators,
piling rigs and other machinery to
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complete these works. You may                                                              a unique perspective.
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experience some noise and vibration        delays or detours in place while we
and be able to see machinery from                                                          SCAN BELOW TO
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time to time. We may also need to                                                          VIEW THE VIDEO
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construction impacts and will              we'll reschedule them to take place at
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       New freeway ramp                            in early October.                          2 nights in early October.
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MORDIALLOC FREEWAY - Major Road Projects Victoria
Safety is our
key priority                                         Keeping you informed
The Mordialloc Freeway project                       To help keep you up to date on our            SMS service
has been designated a critical state                 works, we’ve developed an online
infrastructure project under the latest              interactive map to provide timely             You can now receive text messages
restrictions. Work is continuing safety              information about our current and             about changes to traffic, access to
with strict COVIDSafe plans in place                 planned works and disruptions.                homes and businesses and other
and we’ll continue to comply with all                                                              vital project information.
directions from the Chief Health Officer.            With works continuing, we encourage
                                                     you to view the interactive map at            To sign up, text Mordi to
We are managing the number of staff                  roadprojects.vic.gov.au/mordi-works           0499 073 073, or visit our website.
attending our worksites, as well as
implementing preventative measures                   You can also subscribe to receive
to ensure community safety.                          email updates at roadprojects.vic.
                                                     gov.au/contact/email-sms-updates
Safety measures across the site
include temperature screening,                       Thank you for your understanding while
additional protective equipment                      we complete these important works.
including masks, daily health
screening of workers, enhanced
cleaning, staggered shifts and break
times, and physical distancing.                      Image above: Beam lifts in
                                                     progress over Springvale Road
For more information about
coronavirus (COVID-19) visit                         Image right: View of the beams from
coronavirus.vic.gov.au.                              the top of the bridge

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