Traffic is backed up for kilometres on the West Gate Freeway as Melbourne motorists experience delays caused by a road works blitz.
Traffic backed up for kilometres on the West Gate Freeway is causing major delays for motorists driving from the eastern suburbs through the city and to Melbourne Airport.
Traffic backed up in Port Melbourne on Tuesday morning as four of the five outbound lanes on the West Gate Bridge were closed for works.A Department of Transport spokeswoman said, bumper-to-bumper traffic was slowing anyone driving city-bound on the Monash Freeway from getting onto the West Gate Bridge, Bolte Bridge or Tullamarine Freeway en route to the airport.
Delays are expected to blow out even further to 1.5 hours during the roadwork, which started on Monday night and will continue around the clock until January 4. VicRoads urged motorists to avoid the Monash Freeway and drive through the northern suburbs to access the Tullamarine Freeway via Mount Alexander Road, Brunswick Road or Bell Street if heading to the airport.Drivers heading to the Surf Coast or western Victoria should also divert north to Alexandra Parade, Racecourse Road and Geelong Road to get to the Princes Freeway, or take Ballarat Road to the Western Freeway.
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