Contracts awarded for level crossing removals in Melbourne’s south east

Level crossing at Brunt Road, Beaconsfield. — Brunt Road, Beaconsfield. Image courtesy of Victoria’s Big Build.

Two level crossing removals on the Pakenham Line in Melbourne’s south east are a step closer, with contracts awarded for projects at Webb Street, Narre Warren and Brunt Road, Beaconsfield.

A $259 million contract has been awarded to an alliance comprising McConnell Dowell, Arup, Mott MacDonald, and Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM), in partnership with the Level Crossing Removal Project. The alliance will deliver a new Narre Warren Station and an elevated rail bridge to replace the Webb Street level crossing by 2025.

The new station will feature an air-conditioned waiting room, secure bicycle parking, and an elevated structure spanning almost 1 kilometre, including rail bridges over Webb Street and Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road. Major construction will begin later this year.

A construction contract has also been awarded to remove another Pakenham Line level crossing at Brunt Road, Beaconsfield, with a new road bridge to improve traffic flow and increase safety.

An alliance of Fulton Hogan Construction, MTM and the Level Crossing Removal Project will deliver the $66 million contract to remove the level crossing by 2025.

The Brunt Road project has received extensive feedback from the local community, which will be reflected in the updated designs, due for release in early 2023.

New shared use and pedestrian paths will connect to existing pedestrian links within the area, improving accessibility and connections to schools, shops, and services on either side of the rail line.

Early works will soon be underway and major construction will begin in 2023.

The Victorian Government has fast-tracked the removal of 22 crossings on the Pakenham Line. There are nine more to go to make the line free of level crossings by 2025.

For more information, visit: bigbuild.vic.gov.au