By Corey Everitt
The Federal Government may halt the progress of local road works as it conducts a 90-day review into the nation’s $120 billion infrastructure pipeline.
Clyde Road upgrade and the McGregor and Racecourse Road upgrades in Pakenham are among Victorian projects that may be stalled as no new contracts to progress works will be entered during the 90-day review with the direct permission of the Federal Government.
Works can only continue under their current contracts with continued renewal uncertain.
This announcement made by the Federal Government comes as the projects along Clyde, McGregor and Racecourse Road are close to the end of their current work packages.
Even though the majority of works across Victoria will be covered over the 90 days, these three local projects may have to stop work at a certain point over the course of the review.
This could potential effect existing time frames of the projects risking more strain for residents commuting through and around the area.
State Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Jacinta Allan said the Government was being open about the situation.
“While this national review is undertaken, we’re being upfront with our contractors, workforce, and the public, and following the direction from the Federal Government,“ she said.
“We’ll continue to advocate for Victoria to get its fair share of infrastructure funding from the Commonwealth, after being short-changed by the former Liberal government for a decade.”
If the work sites in these projects are to be halted, the State Government will temporarily move the workers to other on-going projects across Victoria.
