North East Link
Victoria’s largest road infrastructure project. Tunnelling, bridge, and civil works with subcontracted earthworks and haulage packages.
North East Link closes the missing connection between the M80 Ring Road and the Eastern Freeway, completing Melbourne's orbital road network. It's the largest road infrastructure project in Victoria's history and targets the long-standing congestion bottleneck through the north-eastern suburbs.
Scope includes 6.5km of twin tunnels under residential areas between Watsonia and Bulleen, interchange upgrades at both ends, widening of the Eastern Freeway to add dedicated bus lanes (Doncaster Busway), and a complete rebuild of the Watsonia, Grimshaw Street and Lower Plenty Road interchanges. Spark consortium (led by Webuild, CPB and GS Engineering) holds the Primary Package. John Holland-Acciona consortium holds the Eastern Freeway package.
Major tunnelling is underway with TBM launches having taken place. Surface works on interchanges and the Eastern Freeway upgrades are progressing across multiple sites. Completion is targeted for 2028.
Equipment demand is very heavy across bulk earthworks, spoil haulage, bridge works, road paving, asphalt supply, and concrete delivery. Tier-1 JVs subcontract large volumes of haulage and civil work to sub-tier Victorian operators across the 25km+ active construction footprint.
Tier-1 principals subcontract bulk haulage and civil packages. Finance structures can align to staged commissioning.
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