WEST-BOUND on and off ramps to the Princes Freeway at Werribee South’s Duncans Road interchange remain a distant dream, with Roads Minister Terry Mulder quashing any hopes of the project being funded in the next eight years.
In a letter to Tarneit MP Tim Pallas, Roads Minister Mr Mulder said a 2008 VicRoads study into short, medium and long-term options to alleviate congestion at Werribee and Cottrell streets recommended that
the project be completed in the “medium to long-term”.
It is generally accepted that “medium-term” is eight-15 years.
Mr Mulder’s letter follows the tabling in Parliament of a 203-signature petition calling for Duncans Road to be made into a diamond interchange.
Mr Pallas said that despite VicRoads’ recommendation, the former Labor government had committed $18million in funding to allow the project to begin in 2010.
“It has been four years since VicRoads identified this interchange as a medium-term priority, but the Baillieu state government shows no sign of funding the creation of a full diamond interchange in this term of government.
“It appears we are getting no closer to the delivery of this vital interchange despite the passing of time, the evident need and the growth in our community.”
Community Alliance for a Diamond at Duncans leader Ray Cody said a diamond interchange would have a profound effect on traffic moving through Werribee.
