Crews working on the Sunbury Road Upgrade hit a milestone of 250,000 hours working on the project last month.
The project, which works to ease congestion in the area currently has about 200 staff onsite, working a combined average of more than 1000 hours per day across more than seven kilometres.
Major Road Projects Victoria program director Dipal Sorathia they are making rapid progress on the upgrade.
“Two hundred and fifty thousand hours [have been] worked in the past year on a project that is widening this important arterial to keep the community safe and moving into the future,” Mr Sorathia said.
“The project is also opening up real life development and training opportunities for apprentices, trainees and cadets.
“We continue to support young workers starting out in their careers.”
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are also playing a key role in the upgrade, recording more than 7000 employment hours.
Sunbury MP Josh Bull congratulated those involved on their hard work on the project, which includes building a new bridge over Jacksons Creek to be completed by mid-2023.
Other progress on the upgrade includes the Lancefield Road intersection, new lanes on the Sunbury Road and upgrades to roundabouts at Lancefield Road and Francis Boulevard
Major Road Projects Victoria said the Sunbury Road Upgrade is on track to be complete by 2025.
Zoe Moffatt
