Melbourne’s West Gate Tunnel to open on Sunday
Benita Kolovos
The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, is holding a press conference to announce the West Gate Tunnel will open in Melbourne on Sunday.
The $10.2bn project, consisting of 6.8km of tunnels and 9.2km of elevated roads, will provide a new river crossing and act as an alternative to the West Gate Bridge.
She says:
This is a big moment for the future of our great city and state, because it’s going to transform the way people move around our city and state.
It’s going to mean that people can get to where they want to go sooner, they can get there safer … safer as well for local residents in this area too [as] it means getting trucks off local roads.