Parts of the Princes Freeway will shut this month amid a major road upgrade blitz.
The Princes Freeway will be closed Gippsland-bound between the McGregor Road and Healesville-Kooweerup Road freeway ramps to complete asphalting works from 7pm on Friday 3 May to 11.59pm on Sunday 5 May, as part of the Pakenham Roads Upgrade project.
The Cardinia Road Gippsland-bound entry ramp will also be closed during this time.
Detours will be in place via Cardinia Road, Princes Highway, McGregor Road, Southeast Boulevard, and Healesville-Kooweerup Road with delays of up to 25 minutes expected.
Following these works, the Major Road Projects Victoria team will open the new Princes Freeway outbound entry ramp at McGregor Road, completing the diamond interchange.
The Major Road Projects Victoria team will also close the Gippsland-bound lanes on the Princes Freeway on Thursday 2 May from 7pm to 5am and every night from Sunday 12 May to Wednesday 15 May from 7pm to 5am between the McGregor Road and Healesville-Kooweerup Road freeway ramps.
City-bound lanes will also be closed from 7pm to 5am each night on Thursday 2 May and Friday 3 May between the Healesville-Kooweerup Road and McGregor Road freeway ramps.
Detours will be in place via Southeast Boulevard and the Healesville-Kooweerup freeway ramps with delays of up to five minutes expected, depending on the closures in place.
McGregor Road users are advised that changed road conditions will continue to apply until mid-2024, with northbound lanes on McGregor Road closed between the Princes Freeway and Livingstone Boulevard, as the team builds a new northbound lane. During this time, one lane of traffic will run in each direction on the southbound lanes of McGregor Road and there will be no right turns from McGregor Road to Henry Road or Webster Way.
For more information, visit bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/roads/pakenham-roads-upgrade/project-update
