MAJOR works are underway on the upgrade of the Western Port Highway.
The $115 million project will see the roundabouts at the intersections of Ballarto Road and Cranbourne-Frankston Road replaced with traffic lights. Both intersections are closed until 4 April while works are undertaken.
Motorists on Western Port Highway will be made to detour via South Gippsland Highway or via Peninsula Link.
After this batch of works is done, temporary roundabouts with a 40kmph speed limit will be installed. The full upgrade is expected to be complete by the end of the year.
Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said that the state government is “getting on with the Western Port Highway Upgrade to improve travel times and ease congestion on this important link for the thousands of drivers who use this road every day.”
Western Port Highway Upgrade program director Brendan Pauwels said that the project has ”hit an exciting point, with major works set to kick off this week as we prepare to upgrade both intersections.”
“We appreciate these works will cause some delay for commuters, while crews get on with these vital works for this much needed upgrade,” he said.
