A wide range of road closures or changes is set to create more congestion from this weekend onwards in Victoria as the state announces new projects.
From Tuesday February 18, part of the Calder Freeway between Melbourne and Bendigo will close to all traffic as third-party filming takes place along the freeway and surrounding roads.
The closures last from 6am until 10pm on February 18, impacting the freeway interchanges at Malmsbury and Harcourt.
Detours will be in place via the Calder Highway and Harmony Way through Elphinstone, while the Pyrenees Highway will also be closed near the Calder Freeway at this time.
Oversize vehicles will be escorted through the closure if required.
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Trucks travelling through St Kilda will be impacted on Sunday as St Kilda Festival is held, while EastLink’s maintenance program will see tunnel works shut the toll road in both directions. From 8pm to 7am on Saturday February 15, the road will be closed in both directions between Springvale Road and Canterbury Road.
Level crossing trench works will see Exford Road in Melton closed in both directions from 9pm today until 5am on Monday February 17.
The M80 Ring Road will also be closed in both directions between Boundary Road and the Western Freeway from 10pm to 5am each night, starting from February 17 through to February 20.
The inbound entry from McGregor Road, Pakenham to the Princes Freeway is closed until mid-March due to asphalting works, while service and utility works will close Pakenham’s Bald Hill Road eastbound between Racecourse Road and O’Sullivan Street from 7pm tonight.
Westbound lanes on Kingston Road, Heatherton are closed for Suburban Rail Loop works, while the Melba Highway is closed to through traffic in Dixons Creek from 7am February 17 through to late March.
Finally, all traffic on Ballarat Road, Footscray is reduced to one lane in each direction, while the outbound exit from the West Gate Freeway to the M80 Ring Road closes on February 23 from 8am to 10pm.
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