The government of Victoria has announced the route for North East Link — the long-awaited missing link in Melbourne’s ring road.
The Doncaster Busway, a Victorian-first, fully separated, high-speed bus route, will run from Doncaster to Victoria Park. The project will include two separated bus-only lanes (one each way) that provide direct access to and from Doncaster Park and Ride and connect to the Victoria Park precinct.
The new busway will help slash travel times by up to 30 percent and deliver more services, more often, such as more parking for commuters, with the opportunity to build a future Park and Ride in Bulleen.
“North East Link will not only take cars and trucks off local streets, it will provide a massive boost to public transport through our busiest bus corridor,” said Jacinta Allan, minister for public transport.
North East Link will be Victoria’s biggest ever investment in transport infrastructure and will take more than 15,000 trucks off residential streets in the north east.
The Labor Government has invested more than $100 million to improve bus services across Victoria, introducing new routes and more services for Melbourne’s growing suburbs and regional towns.
The government intends to complete a detailed design and a business case in 2018 and hopes major construction will commence in 2020.
