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.
PASSENGER and freight trains are now running on the first section of elevated rail built to remove level crossings between Caulfield and Dandenong, the Victorian Government announced week.
THE Victorian Government's pilot shared equity scheme – HomesVic – has opened for applications, providing the opportunity for up to 400 eligible first home buyers to reduce the amount of money they need to purchase their own home.
VICTORIAN Minister for Roads Luke Donnellan last week announced that DECMIL has won the contract for the first stage of the $139.4 million Plenty Road upgrade, with major works set to start within weeks.
THE Victorian Government last week called for expressions of interest to build the $300 million Mordialloc Bypass project, which involves a nine-kilometre bypass that will link the Mornington Peninsula Freeway at Springvale Road, Aspendale Gardens, to the Dingley Bypass in Dingley Village.
VICTORIAN Planning Minister Richard Wynne last week approved Melbourne's newest suburbs, Deanside and Fraser Rise (previously called Plumpton and Kororoit), which will be developed over more than 10 years and eventually accommodate 20,000 dwellings and 14,000 jobs.
WORK has begun to remove the level crossing on Buckley Street in Essendon, with construction crews beginning the task of relocating underground utilities, removing vegetation and establishing work sites as part of the $114 million project.
THE Victorian Government last week said its pilot program to help Victorians get into their first home has taken a significant step forward, with a range of metropolitan and regional destinations identified as priority locations.
THE Victorian Planning Authority and Cardinia Shire Council last week released the draft Pakenham East Precinct Structure Plan (PSP), which provides the framework for the development of a new community with a population of up to 22,000 people.
THE Victorian Government last week announced the release of the final Point Nepean Master Plan, which builds on the draft master plan released in 2010 with changes to reflect government policy and the outcomes of community and stakeholder engagement.
AS part of the Victorian's Government's Smart Planning program to improve the efficiency of the state's planning system, Planning Minister Richard Wynne last week gazetted the first of two rules reform amendment packages (VC142).
CITY Deals in Victoria are a step closer following a Memorandum of Understanding being signed last week between the Commonwealth and Victorian governments.
THE Victorian Government last month announced that final contracts to deliver the $6 billion tunnels and stations package for Melbourne's Metro Tunnel project have been signed with the Cross Yarra Partnership (CYP).
