2017年 05月 02日

Victorian budget: $300m allocated to Mordialloc Bypass in Melbourne’s south-east

PHOTO: The Government said the road would ease commutes to Dandenong, Mordialloc and Moorabbin Airport. (Supplied: Victorian Government)
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Victoria will spend $300 million building a nine kilometre bypass around suburbs on Melbourne’s southeastern edge. Construction on the Mordialloc bypass will start in 2019 and will take traffic from Springvale Rd in Aspendale Gardens to the Dingley Bypass. “We’ll build the Mordialloc Bypass to slash congestion and create jobs in Melbourne’s southeast,” Premier Daniel Andrews said on Tuesday.

The announcement is the last drop before the state budget is unveiled on Tuesday afternoon. Treasurer Tim Pallas’ third budget will deliver more than $8 billion in surpluses over the next four years, with a $1.2 billion surplus this financial year.
Population growth in Victoria is driving housing prices and construction and the state government is reaping the stamp duty windfall.

Debt is being kept below the level the government inherited and the push for more infrastructure projects, which in turn is driving more jobs, is expected to continue. “We’ve increased our level of infrastructure investment from around about $4.9 billion to $10.1 billion in this budget,” Mr Pallas said on Monday.

The government has already announced more level-crossing removals planning for the North East Link, a regional rail renewal and an investigation in an airport rail link. But the regional rail projects are dependent on federal cash and a stoush is looming between the two governments over the $1.45 billion price tag.