VIC road intersection projects underway: design and staging notes for civil teams
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on Roads & Infrastructure (AU)
30 Second Briefing
Two major Victorian road intersection projects are advancing, with Fulton Hogan awarded the Henderson Road–Ferntree Gully Road upgrade in Knoxfield and an $83.5 million contract let for the Ballan Road intersection in Melbourne’s west. Works will reconfigure both intersections to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion while adding safer walking and cycling movements through new signalisation and layout changes. Civil contractors can expect significant pavement reconstruction, drainage adjustments and staged traffic management on constrained urban corridors.
Technical Brief
- Contract value for the Ballan Road intersection upgrade is $83.5 million, indicating substantial civil scope.
- Henderson Road–Ferntree Gully Road upgrade in Knoxfield has been let to Fulton Hogan as head contractor.
- Ballan Road works are in Melbourne’s west, affecting a key suburban arterial freight and commuter corridor.
- Henderson Road–Ferntree Gully Road project sits just outside Melbourne, implying interface with existing industrial land uses.
- Both jobs will require live-traffic staging on constrained urban footprints, driving complex temporary traffic management design.
- Signalised layouts and new active transport movements will demand upgraded lighting, signage and barrier systems for compliance.
- Safety outcomes hinge on segregating vulnerable users from turning traffic through revised lane geometry and signal phasing.
- Similar Victorian intersection upgrades are increasingly bundling active transport and traffic-flow objectives into single capex packages.
Our Take
Within our 506 Infrastructure stories, Victorian Government road works around Melbourne feature heavily, signalling that state-level urban transport upgrades are currently outpacing greenfield regional schemes in our database.
An $83.5 million intersection upgrade like Ballan Road typically falls into the mid-scale tier of road projects in our coverage, where constructability and staging around live traffic often drive more risk than pure engineering complexity.
Fulton Hogan appears frequently in our Australian Infrastructure and Safety-tagged items, suggesting that its track record on traffic management and incident reduction is likely a key factor in securing intersection upgrade work in urban VIC locations such as Knoxfield and greater Melbourne.
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