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The upgrade will be a key connection between the hub of Liverpool and the new airport which is set to open at the end of 2026.

The western Sydney avenue set to get a $1 billion upgrade

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns will formally announce on Sunday the major upgrade to a two-lane semi-rural road.

  • Christopher Harris

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We must acknowledge that the number of people who die on our roads remains far too high.

Not too late to win road toll fight

We must acknowledge that the number of people who die - and suffer horrific injuries - on our roads remains far too high.

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The City of Melbourne wants Spencer Street turned into a “lively, attractive and welcoming street” by diverting traffic on to Wurundjeri Way. 

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.

  • Patrick Hatch
Gulet Mohammed Ahmed ran multiple red lights on the morning of March 11, 2023, before he slammed into the car carrying 16-year-old Katherine Osborne.

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”.

  • Emily Woods
A building teeters on the edge of the sinkhole in Rockdale in Sydney’s south.

M6 motorway opening target date revealed, and it’s much later than you think

Fixing areas around sinkholes will leave a busy arterial road reduced to one lane in either direction for 18 months.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Inside the West Gate Tunnel on Monday.

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.

  • Annika Smethurst
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An Age reader shared this video of them blowing a tyre after hitting a pothole on the Princes Highway in Corio this month.

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.

  • Patrick Hatch
Flinders Street Station.

Key section of Flinders Street to close to traffic throughout 2025

A 200-tonne crane will shut down a busy section of Flinders Street for all of next year as the Allan government races to complete the two Big Build projects.

  • Carla Jaeger
Road-headers have carved a tunnel overlapping the metro rail line near Victoria Cross station.

The two giant overlapping tunnels that pass metres apart below Sydney

Six giant road headers are working around the clock to dig the first new road crossing of Sydney Harbour in 30 years.

  • Megan Gorrey
Glen Yates in front of the western-most vent under constuction.

‘We’ll cop the full brunt’: West Gate Tunnel to pump out toxic fumes near homes

Campaigners push for filters to be installed on the project’s enormous vents in Melbourne’s inner west as pollution fears grow.

  • Sophie Aubrey and Patrick Hatch

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