Projects

Western Roads Upgrade 2025-26 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 to 5am. 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.

Shepherd’s Bridge, Footscray (structure remediation)

Date(s): 10 May to 30 June 2026.
Disruptions: N/A

Williamstown Road-Melbourne Road Bridge, Newport (structure remediation)

Date(s): 4 May to 30 May 2026.
Disruptions: Lane closures on Williamstown Road-Melbourne Road and Blackshaws Road overpass between Macindoe Court and Ross Street.

Williamstown Road-Melbourne Road Bridge, Newport (asphalt resurfacing)

Date(s):15 May to 30 May 2026.
Disruptions: Road closed in both directions at night between Macindoe Court and Ross Street.
Detour: Grieve Parade, West Gate Freeway and Kororoit Creek Road

Victorian road maintenance program 2025-26

Find out about other maintenance work being done in the Melbourne area as part of the Victorian road maintenance program 2025-26.

For information about maintenance works as part of this program, please visit our website here.

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.