Tim PallasMinister for Roads and Ports

National Local Government AssetManagement Conference

13 May 2010

Metropolitan roadprojects 1999-2010

Recently completed metropolitan road

projects

Western Port Highway duplication

Springvale Rd Grade Separation

Ferntree Gully Road Widening

Thompson Road duplication

Western Ring Road widening

M1 upgrade

Cranbourne-FrankstonRd duplication

Kororoit Creek Rdduplication

Metropolitan roadprojects underway

George St Extension

Pound Rd upgrade

Thompson Rd duplication

Vineyard Road duplication

Metropolitan road projects fundedand yet to commence construction

Dingley Arterial

Kings Rd interchange

Kings Rd duplication

Plenty Rd duplication

Metro roadsblack spot funding

Projects completedsince 1999

New projects inthis budget

WestLink

Truck Action Plan

Clyde Road

Hallam Road

Peninsula Link

New metropolitan roadprojects in this budget

Regional roadprojects 1999-2010

Geelong Ring Road Stages 1-3

Calder Freeway

South Gippsland HwyBass Hwy

Warrnambool

Hamilton

Portland

Mt Gambier

Geelong

Colac

Regional roadprojects underway

Regional roadsblack spot funding

Yarra Glen Truck Bypass

Western Hwy duplicationBallarat - Stawell

Western Hwy upgradeStawell – SA border

Nagambie Bypass

Barwon Heads RdBridge Replacement

Anthony’s Cutting

Bass Hwy

Princes Highway Eastduplication Traralgon-Sale

Regional roadprojects underway

Geelong Ring Rd 4A

Nhill Trailer Exchange

Princes Hwy duplicationWaurn Ponds - Winchelsea

Breakwater Road

Bass Hwy

South Gippsland HighwayCox’s Bridge

Regional road projects fundedand yet to commence construction

Geelong Ring Road 4B

New regional roadprojects in this budget

Projects completedsince 1999

New projects inthis budget

Princes Highway EastGeelong Ring Road 4C

Kilmore Link Road

Warrnambool

Hamilton

Portland

Mt Gambier

Geelong

Colac

Delivering the PlanRoad and Ports

Automated number plate recognition technology

Cycling projects

$16.7 million

$28 million

Warrnambool

Hamilton

Portland

Mt Gambier

Geelong

Colac

Delivering the PlanRoad and Ports

Dandenong grade separation

Extra road maintenance $22.6 million

$1 million

Roads funding sources since 1999

99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11

(dollars)

1400m

1200m

1000m

800m

600m

400m

200m

0

State funding

Source: VicRoads

Commonwealth funding

For

ecas

t

For

ecas

t

Road expenses as a proportion of state operating expenses 2008-09

NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT National average

percentage ofstate operating

expenses

4.5

4.0

3.5

3.0

2.5

2.0

1.5

1.0

0.5

0

Source: CGC Report on GST Revenue-Sharing Relativities

Pedestrian priority

Bus priority

Tram priority

Car priority

Recently completedtraffic management projects

Growth in container movements 2010-2035

2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035

(number in TEU equivalent)

8m

7m

6m

5m

4m

3m

2m

1m

0

20-foot/40-foot container split

1988 1993 1998 2003 2008

(number)

2.0m

1.8m

1.6m

1.4m

1.2m

1.0m

0.8m

0.6m

0.4m

0.2m

0

40-foot containers

20-foot containers

Growth in container movements by origin/destination

2005 2035 2005 2035 2005 2035

(number in TEU equivalent)

6m

5m

4m

3m

2m

1m

0

0.07

Rural

Interstate

Metropolitan

Source: Melbourne Port@l Strategy

Forecast container transport mode share hypothetical

(million containers)

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035

Total container volumes

Volume on rail

Volume on road

Even assuming 30per cent of all containermovements are by rail,

over 5 million containerswill still need to be

moved by road

Two scenarios for container cartage

7 million

6 million

5 million

4 million

3 million

2 million

1 million

02010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035

2.0 TEUper truck

1.24 TEUper truck

Annual port truckmovements

26 metres30 metres

Encourage

Discourage

Arterial roads in metro Melbourneapproved for 30-metre HPFV

68.5 tonnes

77.5 tonnes

Whitehall St

Docklands Hwy

Dynon Rd

Wurundjeri Way

West Gate Fwy

Williamstown Rd

Millers Rd

Somerville Rd

Geelong Rd

Sunshine Rd

Boundary Rd

Grieve Pde

Fitzgerald Rd

Cooper St

Hume Fwy

Port Phillip Bay

Somerville Road

Francis Street

Residential

Port Phillip Bay

Somerville Road

Francis Street

New on/off ramps

Truck Action Plan Stage 1

Residential

Removing up to 70 per centof traffic from Francis Street

and Somerville Road

Port Phillip Bay

Somerville Road

Francis Street

Truck Action Plan Stage 2

Expanded restrictionson heavy vehicles

Tunnel under Footscray

Sunshine Road,Dempster Streetand ParamountRoad upgrade

Residential

Tim PallasMinister for Roads and Ports

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