Roads
Drivers warned to get ready for lengthy West Gate disruption
Motorists are being urged to plan ahead as lanes and ramps close to allow roadworks during summer.
- by Brittany Busch
Latest
Exclusive
Road safety
Roads are getting safer – but not for pedestrians
More – and bigger -- cars on the roads means pedestrians are at greater risk of serious injury.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Marta Pascual Juanola
Exclusive
Transurban
Tunnel traffic on a collision course with Spencer Street reinvention
Plans to turn Spencer Street into a pedestrian-friendly precinct are feared to be at risk from a West Gate Tunnel project off-ramp.
- by Patrick Hatch
Drunk driver who killed 16-year-old in Carlton crash jailed for 14 years
Gulet Mohammed Ahmed, 40, who was high and drunk when he sped through three red lights, crashing into cars and pedestrians in March 2023, has been labelled “a grave danger to anyone”.
- by Emily Woods
Premier plays tour guide to give glimpse inside West Gate Tunnel
Vehicles can now travel the full length of the long-awaited alternative to the West Gate Bridge, but the opening date and the price motorists will have to pay remain unknown.
- by Annika Smethurst
Exclusive
Rail
Next stop court for level crossing removal works on Melton train line
Labor has promised to remove four level crossings from the Melton line and fast-tracked the works to finish in 2026. But land developers want to renegotiate the design of a bridge crossing the tracks.
- by Rachel Eddie
Road to ruin: Why Victoria’s pothole ‘minefield’ is getting worse
Drivers are suffering shredded tyres, smashed gearboxes and other vehicle damage. They want action to fix our roads.
- by Patrick Hatch
Removing this level crossing would literally divide a community, say residents
In Newport, the government plans to remove the level crossing but not bury or raise the train line, instead leaving the road permanently closed.
- by Patrick Hatch
‘Fearless, loyal, wholehearted’: Teenager killed in Pakenham crash
Kai McDonald, 16, was in sitting in the front passenger seat of the car when it crashed into another vehicle.
- by Gemma Grant
These potholes are so bad that the speed limit has to be dropped
Safety measures have been put in place on almost 500 kilometres of the state’s public roads pending work to fill potholes or fix cracking and other damage.
- by Patrick Hatch
Woman dead, three-year-old injured after truck crashes into preschool at Riddells Creek
A 43-year-old speech pathologist is dead and a three-year-old boy has been seriously injured after a water tanker ploughed into a preschool’s playground in a small town north of Melbourne.
- by Erin Pearson and Caroline Schelle
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/melbourne-roads-5zi