Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV) celebrated the end of major works on the Narre Warren-Cranbourne Upgrade with a community thank-you event on Saturday 31 August.
To mark the recent completion of major works, MRPV hosted a free event at Cranbourne Racecourse with live musical performances, face-painting, a six-metre slide and the MRPV digger and building blocks.
Cranbourne MP Pauline Richards, Narre Warren South MP Gary Maar and South Eastern Metropolitan MP Lee Tamlaris attended the special occasion to signal the end of major works, which finished 12 months ahead of the scheduled completion date.
The Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road Upgrade has built:
• An extra lane in each direction between Thompsons Road and the South Gippsland Highway
• New Traffic lights to replace the roundabouts on both Thompsons Road and Berwick-Cranbourne Road
• New signalised intersections at the South Gippsland Highway intersection, Majestic Boulevard and Lyall Street as well as the pedestrian crossing south of Hunt Club Boulevard
• New intersections at Kingdom Drive, Linsell Boulevard and Rochester Parade
• New shared walking and cycling paths
• Safety barriers along the road
The Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road Upgrade also provided nearly 900,000 work hours for local employment and more than doubled the Aboriginal Employment Target.
The project more than doubled its social procurement spend throughout the project, reaching a total of 7.8 per cent spent with social enterprises and Aboriginal-owned businesses, with the following businesses among those engaged with as part of the project:
• NADRASCA – a disability services provider aimed at providing hands-on work experience and employment opportunities to people living with a disability.
• OC Connections – a disability services provider aimed at providing hands-on work experience and employment opportunities to people living with disability.
• Outlook Environmental – a social enterprise with a clear focus on sustainability.
