Camms Road in Cranbourne reopened on Thursday 30 November after the removal of the level crossing and the completion of a new road bridge.
Crews worked for 43 days on the project. During this time they removed the booms gates, lifted 22 bridge beams into place, started building the new Fairfield Street connection, poured the bridge deck, finished installing and painting 490 retaining wall panels.
This has been the 73rd level crossing removed in Cranbourne.
Cranbourne MP Pauline Richards said the boom gates at Camms Road were finally gone for good, easing congestion and delivering a huge improvement to safety in Melbourne’s growing south-eastern suburbs.
Works will continue into 2024 on the new plaza and community open space, landscaping, and building 400 new and upgraded commuter car parks for Cranbourne Station as part of the Labor Government’s Car Parks for Commuters and Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution programs.
The project follows the completion of the Cranbourne Line Upgrade, allowing 50 extra services to run on the line each week, a new Merinda Park Station and the removal of the level crossing at Greens Road, Dandenong South.
Work also continues at Webb Street, Narre Warren where the boom gates were dismantled on Sunday night, during a construction blitz that will see trains running over a new one-kilometre rail bridge next month.
The Webb Street boom gates were down for up to 33 per cent of the morning peak, causing traffic chaos for 13,200 vehicles every day and 19 near miss incidents since 2012.
To allow crews to work safely, buses are replacing trains on sections of the Cranbourne and Pakenham lines until the last service Sunday 10 December. Narre Warren Station will remain closed until late March 2024 while the new, elevated station is completed.
The new station will feature two accessible elevated platforms, an air-conditioned waiting room and kiosk, secure bike storage and a landscaped forecourt with seating, and improved pedestrian connections to Narre Warren Village.
