As crews prepare to build the new Manningham Road interchange in Bulleen, long-term changed traffic conditions will come into effect from Sunday March 24.
The new entry and exit ramps will redirect 14,700 vehicles a day from Bulleen Road to the North East Link tunnels and away from local roads.
To enable building works to proceed on the tunnel entry and exit ramps, changed traffic conditions will be in place for approximately two years
All eastbound traffic on Manningham Road will be directed via Bridge Street from this Sunday.
Some works have already been done to prepare for these changed traffic conditions, with the final stages to take place in late March and early April.
Key dates
- Eastbound traffic on Manningham Road will move onto Bridge Street from Sunday March 24.
- The intersection at Bridge Street and Bulleen Road will be closed overnight from 8pm, Friday March 22 until 8am, Saturday March 23.
- The following night, the intersection will again be closed overnight from 8pm, Saturday March 23 until 8am, Sunday March 24, along with the intersections at Bridge Street and Manningham roads, and at Bulleen and Manningham roads.
- From Thursday April 4 to Friday April 12, Manningham Road will be reduced to two lanes in each direction, and from Friday April 12 to Monday April 15 to one lane in each direction.
- The intersection of Manningham and Bulleen roads will again be closed for two nights from 8pm, Saturday April 13 until 8am, Sunday April 14 and 8pm, Sunday April 14 until 6am, Monday April 15.