Engineering and planning tenders for the Melbourne Rail Link and the Western section of the East West Link projects are now open, with construction expected to commence by the end of 2015 for East West and 2016 for the rail link.

These projects form part of the Victorian Government’s $24 billion investment in our road and rail network, responding to calls by Master Builders to provide a pipeline of infrastructure projects that will create thousands of jobs in the industry and support our rapidly growing population.

The successful bidders will undertake technical investigations and provide advice on environment and urban design.

The Minister for Public Transport and Roads, Terry Mulder announced that the engineering, planning, legal and financial contracts are likely to be issued in October, ahead of the State Election on November 29.

For further information about these and other major transport projects, visit the Moving Victoria website:

http://movingvictoria.vic.gov.au/projects/