Tim Pallas Minister for Roads and Ports National Local Government Asset Management Conference 13 May 2010
Metropolitan road projects
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-Frankston Rd duplication Kororoit Creek Rd duplication Metropolitan road projects underway George St Extension Pound Rd upgrade Thompson Rd duplication Vineyard Road duplication
Metropolitan road projects funded and yet to commence construction Dingley Arterial Kings Rd interchange Kings Rd duplication Plenty Rd duplication
Metro roads black spot funding
Projects completed since 1999 New projects in this budget WestLink Truck Action Plan Clyde Road Hallam Road Peninsula Link New metropolitan road projects in this budget
Regional road projects Geelong Ring Road Stages 1-3 Calder Freeway South Gippsland Hwy Bass Hwy
Warrnambool Hamilton Portland Mt Gambier Geelong Colac Regional road projects underway
Regional roads black spot funding
Yarra Glen Truck Bypass Western Hwy duplication Ballarat - Stawell Western Hwy upgrade Stawell – SA border Nagambie Bypass Barwon Heads Rd Bridge Replacement Anthony’s Cutting Bass Hwy Princes Highway East duplication Traralgon-Sale Regional road projects underway Geelong Ring Rd 4A Nhill Trailer Exchange
Princes Hwy duplication Waurn Ponds - Winchelsea Breakwater Road Bass Hwy South Gippsland Highway Cox’s Bridge Regional road projects funded and yet to commence construction Geelong Ring Road 4B
New regional road projects in this budget Projects completed since 1999 New projects in this budget Princes Highway East Geelong 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 (dollars) 1400m 1200m 1000m 800m 600m 400m 200m 0 State funding Source: VicRoads Commonwealth funding Forecast
Road expenses as a proportion of state operating expenses NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT National average percentage of state operating expenses Source: CGC Report on GST Revenue-Sharing Relativities
Pedestrian priority Bus priority Tram priority Car priority Recently completed traffic management projects
Growth in container movements (number in TEU equivalent) 8m 7m 6m 5m 4m 3m 2m 1m 0
20-foot/40-foot container split (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 (number in TEU equivalent) 6m 5m 4m 3m 2m 1m Rural Interstate Metropolitan Source: Melbourne Strategy
Forecast container transport mode share hypothetical (million containers) Total container volumes Volume on rail Volume on road Even assuming 30 per cent of all container movements are by rail, over 5 million containers will 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 TEU per truck 1.24 TEU per truck Annual port truck movements
26 metres30 metres Findlay Logistics global shipping and transport
Encourage Discourage
Arterial roads in metro Melbourne approved 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
CBD Port Phillip Bay Somerville Road Francis Street Residential
CBD Port Phillip Bay Somerville Road Francis Street New on/off ramps Truck Action Plan Stage 1 Residential Removing up to 70 per cent of traffic from Francis Street and Somerville Road
CBD Port Phillip Bay Somerville Road Francis Street Truck Action Plan Stage 2 Expanded restrictions on heavy vehicles Tunnel under Footscray Sunshine Road, Dempster Street and Paramount Road upgrade Residential
Tim Pallas Minister for Roads and Ports Questions