Work to upgrade a busy intersection on Hallam Road are weeks away from completion which comes as a welcome reprieve for motorists.
From 4 May to 7 June, construction will ramp up significantly on Hallam Road, Evans Road and South Gippsland Highway to enable the opening of the new intersection and traffic lights in the first week of June, Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan announced.
Ms Allan said the upgrade, which was part of the $53.5 million Hallam Road Upgrade project, will make it safer for the tens of thousands of people who rely on this section of the traffic network every day.
“The new intersection will open in June, reducing congestion and making it safer and easier for people travelling across the south-east,” she said.
Speed limits will be set to 40km/h with traffic controllers also place to guide vehicles through the area.
On 4 May new traffic lights on Hallam Road to make it safer to enter and exit the Suez Resource Recovery Precinct and access Suez, Lyndpark Garden Supplies, Outlook Environmental and Holcim.
From 4 May until 7 June, Hallam Road will be closed to vehicles travelling north between South Gippsland Highway and the Suez Resource Recovery Precinct with detours in place via Lynbrook Boulevard.
At the same time, right turns will be banned from South Gippsland Highway into Evans Road, and from Evans Road into South Gippsland Highway until 7 June. Detours will also be in place.
Works will include the completion of a left slip lane into Hallam Road from South Gippsland Highway, building the centre medians on Hallam Road and South Gippsland Highway, completing cycling and walking paths, and laying the new road surface and marking lines on Hallam Road.
From 14 to 31 May lane closures will be in place in both directions on Hallam Road between the Suez Resource Recovery Precinct and Ormond Road.
From 25 May to 7 June, Evans Road will be closed between South Gippsland Highway and Lockwood Rise – while lane closures will also in place on South Gippsland Highway between Lynbrook Boulevard and Golf Club Road as the new road surface and line marking is completed.
The project is due to be completed mid-2020.
