Merri Creek Management Committee - Another Freeway for Merri Creek?

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July 20, 2008

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Welcome to the new website for the Merri Creek Management Committee.

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We have rearranged much of the material in our website, hopefully in a more logical and useful format.

We are still working on the site, so some pages don't have much content as yet.

This will be addressed as quickly as possible.

Another Freeway for Merri Creek?

VicRoads is investigating another major freeway for Merri Creek. The Outer Metropolitan Ring Planning Study shows a new freeway from just west of Werribee, cutting between Melbourne Airport and Sunbury and joining the Hume Freeway just north of Kalkallo.

A freeway in the area indicated will add to the development pressures in the northern catchment of Merri Creek. It will clearly has the potential to have a substantial impact in other catchments. The catchment immediately to the west is that of Deep Creek in the Maribrynong catchment.

Overall concept (from VicRoad website)

Figure 1 :

Illustrates the overall concept for the Outer Metropolitan Ring.

download a larger version of Figure 1 map [PDF, 477KB]

OMR Transport Corridor Concept Figure 2
Figure 2 :

Illustrates more detail for the Outer Metropolitan Ring concept, including possible options forÂ connecting arterial roads where the Outer Metropolitan Ring would pass near a major proposed industrial/business development in the Mickleham area.Â It is important that such developments are planned in the knowledge of the Outer Metropolitan Ring concept.

download a larger version of Figure 2 map [PDF, 491KB]

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