THE Victorian Government last week announced plans to make it easier for locals in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs to get between Caulfield and Rowville, with planning and design to begin on a new tram route to connect the precincts.
THE Australian Government has committed $5 billion to a proposed rail link connecting Melbourne Airport to the CBD, with an expectation that the Victorian Government signs up to a 50:50 funding partnership to build and own the new infrastructure.
DANGEROUS pedestrian overcrowding, congestion choked roads and a crippled public transport system could become reality without a plan to address how Melbourne's fast growing population commute in and around the city, according to the City of Melbourne.
AS part of an overhaul of the contracts for Melbourne's bus network, the Victorian Government last week announced it has signed new contracts with three metropolitan bus operators, which make up around two thirds of the services to be recontracted.
THE Victorian Government last week said its plan to deliver more housing and revitalise inner-city communities by redeveloping public housing estates has reached a new milestone, following the approval of amendments to six planning schemes across Melbourne.
THE Australian and Victorian governments last week signed a Bilateral Agreement in relation to Inland Rail, making Victoria the first state to sign up to the 1,700-kilometre Inland Rail project – the largest freight rail infrastructure project in Australia.
THE Victorian Government last week announced it will fast track early works on the $711 million Monash Freeway Upgrade Stage 2, with the full business case for Monash Stage 2 submitted to Infrastructure Australia for the Commonwealth's final approval.
VICTORIAN Treasurer Tim Pallas last week announced the State Government will shortly issue an Expression of Interest to proceed with the commercialisation of the land titles and registry functions of Land Use Victoria, with proceeds of the transaction to be invested in transport infrastructure.
THE Victorian Government will ban the most dangerous types of combustible cladding from being used on Victorian buildings, after Planning Minister Richard Wynne last week released new ministerial guidelines to building surveyors with a focus on buildings where people sleep or gather.
FOUR laneways in Melbourne's CBD have undergone a green makeover as part of the City of Melbourne's $1.8 million 'Green Your Laneway' pilot program, which aims to improve the local environment and enhance local amenity.
THE Victorian Government said it is taking urgent action to protect the future of Fishermans Bend from inappropriate development, with Planning Minister Richard Wynne last week calling in 26 development applications for the precinct.
AN alliance led by John Holland and KBR has been awarded the contract to deliver the new Frankston Station, which forms part of the Victorian Government's $63 million Frankston Station Precinct Redevelopment.
THE Victorian Government last week released the $6 billion 'Tunnel and Stations' PPP contract, which reveals the project is on track to be completed by the end of 2025, with new High Capacity Metro Trains running through the Metro Tunnel a year ahead of schedule.
