Melbourne region

Western Roads Upgrade 2026-27 maintenance program

Find out where we are maintaining arterial roads and structures as part of the Western Roads Upgrade maintenance program.

Project status:

Underway

As part of the Department of Transport and Planning’s commitment to maintain roads and structures in Melbourne’s western suburbs, we’re delivering important road maintenance on the Western Roads Upgrade.

Maintenance works will be delivered by Netflow and includes road repairs, asphalt resurfacing, sign repairs, vegetation maintenance, structure cleaning and other routine maintenance works.

Current works

Crews will work on site between 8pm and 6am. Works will not take place on Friday nights, Saturday nights and public holidays. Please note all dates are subject to change due to weather conditions.

Dynon Road, Footscray (asphalt resurfacing)

Dates: 19 October to 21 October 2026
Disruptions: Dynon Road closed at night in both directions between Joseph Road and Whitehall Street.
Detour: Whitehall Street, Footscray Road, Footscray Road Service Road and Dock Link Road.

Whitehall Street, Footscray (asphalt resurfacing)

Dates: 20 October to 22 October 2026
Disruptions: Whitehall Street southbound lanes closed at night between Napier Street and Moreland Street.
Detour: Footscray Road, Dock Link Road, Dynon Road and Hopkins Street.

Moreland Street, Footscray (asphalt resurfacing)

Dates: 22 October to 26 October 2026
Disruptions: Whitehall Street northbound lanes closed at night between Footscray Road and Lyons Street.
Detour: Footscray Road, Maribyrnong Street, Sims Street and Dynon Road.

Gordon Street, Footscray (asphalt resurfacing)

Dates: 26 October to 28 October 2026
Disruptions: Gordon Street closed at night in both directions between Arthur Street and Barkly Street, and between Essex Street and Barkly Street.
Detour: Ballarat Road, Geelong Road, Barkly Street and Summerhill Road.

Docklands Highway-Francis Street, Yarraville and Spotswood (asphalt resurfacing)

Dates: 28 October to 4 November 2026
Disruptions: Docklands Highway-Francis Street closed in both directions at night between Williamstown Road and Hyde Street.
Detour: Whitehall Street, Somerville Road, Williamstown Road and Francis Street.

Docklands Highway-Francis Street, Yarraville and Spotswood (asphalt resurfacing)

Dates: 5 November to 8 November 2026
Disruptions: Two lanes closed on Docklands Highway-Francis Street in both directions at night between Hyde Street and Williamstown Road.
Detour: Not required.

Somerville Road, Footscray and Brooklyn (asphalt resurfacing)

Dates: 8 November to 11 November 2026
Disruptions: Somerville Road closed in both directions at night between McDonald Road and Market Road.
Detour: Geelong Road, Roberts Street, Sunshine Road, Ashley Street, Fairbairn Road and Somerville Road.

Wright Street, Sunshine (asphalt resurfacing)

Dates: 8 November to 15 November 2026
Disruptions: Wright Street closed in both directions at night between Anderson Road and Market Road.
Detour: Geelong Road, Ballarat Road, Anderson Road and Somerville Road before rejoining Footscray-Sunshine Road.

Ashley Street, Maidstone, Braybrook and West Footscray (asphalt resurfacing)

Dates: 15 November to 16 November 2026
Disruptions: Ashley Street closed in both directions at night between Rupert Street and South Road.
Detour: Ballarat Road, Sunshine Road, Anderson Road and Gordon Street.

Ashley Street, Maidstone, Braybrook and West Footscray (asphalt resurfacing)

Dates: 16 November to 17 November 2026
Disruptions: Ashley Street closed in both directions at night between Churchill Avenue and South Road.
Detour: Somerville Road, Gordon Street, Dynon Road, Footscray Road, Geelong Road and Ballarat Road.

Victorian road maintenance program 2026-27

Find out about other maintenance work being done in the Melbourne area as part of the Victorian road maintenance program 2026-27.

For information about maintenance works as part of this program, please visit the Victorian road maintenance program page.

Background

The Western Roads Upgrade has improved connectivity and connections for growing communities in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

Benefits include:

removed bottlenecks and improved safety across a network of 8 major roads in the west
better connections to key interchanges onto the Western and Princes freeways
better traffic flow and connections between key roads across Melbourne’s west
better walking and cycling connections across the west.

The upgrade improved eight key arterial roads, including new lanes, intersections, ramps and safety improvements.

Between 2018 and 2021, crews resurfaced 260km of road between Footscray to Werribee as part of the upgrade.

Resurfacing and maintenance works will continue as part of the 20-year maintenance contract with Netflow Consortium, managed by Department of Transport and Planning (DTP).

In addition to maintenance on 49 roads in Melbourne’s west, we’re maintaining key arterial roads and structures including Geelong Road, Ballarat Road, Blackshaws Road, Kororoit Creek Road and Dohertys Road as part of this year’s Western Roads Upgrade maintenance program.