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COMMUNITY
UPDATE SUMMER 2021/2022
O'SHEA ROAD UPGRADE
We’re continuing to upgrade O’Shea Road to
improve access to the Monash Freeway
We’re adding lanes, improving What we’ve done • placed the fill for the new ramps
freeway access, upgrading at Beaconsfield interchange
• completed underground water totalling 200,000 cubic metres,
intersections and building relocation works at the O’Shea Road which is enough to fill 80 Olympic
new walking and cycling and Clyde Road intersection swimming pools
paths as part of the • gas and electrical relocations • installed 26 beams to widen the
O’Shea Road Upgrade. along O’Shea Road Beaconsfield interchange from three
• finished major works to begin to 10 lanes
All works are due to be upgrading intersections at • laid 5,100 tonnes of asphalt as part
completed by mid-2022 Soldiers Road, Bridgewater of the O’Shea Road extension.
Boulevard, Jembecca Drive, That’s over 1500 elephants worth!
Skyline Way and Moondarra Drive
• installed the pedestrian bridge over
• realignment works as part of the the Pakenham rail line, which will
Image above: Shared use path new entrance/exit to Eden Rise provide a pedestrian connection
over Pakenham Rail Line Village from O’Shea Road from Berwick to Beaconsfield.
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O'Shea Road widening works New ramps at the Beaconsfield Interchange taking shape
Upcoming works Progress at the
Over the summer months we’ll: • start works to upgrade the Clyde Clyde Road works Beaconsfield interchange
• finish building the westbound Road intersection. We’ll need to
During the January school holidays we'll Your new diamond interchange When the new ramps and O’Shea Road
carriageway and switch traffic to the close lanes and have some short
start work to upgrade the Clyde, O'Shea is starting to take shape. We took extension are completed in mid-2022,
new section of road while we start to term closures of the intersection and Greaves road intersection. Community
advantage of lower traffic volumes we would have laid over 28,000 tonnes
rebuild the eastbound carriageway • switch power to new underground during the recent COVID-19 restrictions of asphalt, enough to fill more than support services
cables. Remove old light poles From 11 to 31 January there will be:
• begin upgrading intersections at and have moved traffic onto the new 11 Olympic size swimming pools Please know that we have a
O’Shea Road and Kimbarra Drive and install new improved lighting. • no right turn from Greaves Road outbound exit and inbound entry ramps. or the equivalent weight of over support service to help people
and Riviera Drive into Clyde Road
We will need to close O’Shea Road 3500 elephants. impacted by our road projects.
• no right turn from Clyde Road We’ve installed 26 bridge beams to
• implement a short-term closure of for short periods while we move This service remains open
into O'Shea Road. widen the bridge from 3 to 10 lanes The new Beaconsfield interchange
Bridgewater Boulevard to complete safety barriers and we change to you and if you ever feel like
and placed the fill for the new ramps will be key to getting you home sooner
kerb realignment works traffic conditions. talking to someone about how
totalling almost 200,000 cubic metres. and with a 10-lane bridge it will be
Kerbing is nearing completion and we’ve a great alternative to lining up on these works affect you, you can
begun laying asphalt on the ramps. the Clyde Road exit ramp! call 1300 830 687 and quote
You can now receive text messages about upcoming ‘MRPV’ and one of their staff will
or changed traffic impacts. To sign up, text OSHEA arrange a phone, video or face to
to 0499 073 073, or visit roadprojects.vic.gov.au/ face appointment free of charge.
contact/email-sms-updates
Monash Freeway Caring for the Clyde Road level
resurfacing works environment crossing removal
Works are underway to Unlike conventional walking and cycling Major works are underway to
paths, which use metal reinforcement remove the Clyde Road level
resurface all existing freeway for strength, the shared-use path along crossing with changed traffic
lanes between Warrigal Road the O’Shea Road extension has been conditions on Clyde Road.
and EastLink and between constructed with ‘E-mesh’.
Princes Highway and From 12am Monday 10 January
‘E-mesh’ is a plastic fibre made to 11.59pm Sunday 20 February
Cardinia Road. from 100% recycled plastic which 2022, Clyde Road will be closed
replaces the need for steel and reduces between the level crossing and
These works need to take place
the water and carbon emissions Mansfield Street and buses
while the weather is warmer and associated with concrete reinforcement. will replace trains on the
will continue through Summer
Pakenham Line.
and will be completed in Autumn. Of the soil used for the O’Shea
Road extension and ramp Text CLYDE to 0429 218 131
In January there will be major construction at the Beaconsfield or visit levelcrossings.vic.gov.
disruptions on the Princes Freeway interchange, 35,000 cubic metres au/contact/subscribe to sign
between Beaconsfield interchange has been re-used from the centre up for alerts on construction
and Cardinia Road. This includes median of the Monash Freeway impacts and travel changes.
day time lane and ramp closures and from between Soldiers Road
and nightly carriageway closures. and the Beaconsfield interchange.
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