Labor’s Western Rail Plan has targeted full electrification to Melton first, with $152.7 million in joint state-federal funding committed to finalise design, scope and costing.
Hobsons Bay council has told the level crossing removal project authority (LXRP) to forget about using nearby sporting facilities while removing the Spotswood level crossing at Hudsons Road.
More than 900 commuter car parking spaces will open over the coming months, and the station precinct and surrounding areas will also be landscaped with more than 670 native trees and 180,000 native plants, shrubs and grasses.
The rail line between Maryborough and Castlemaine has been badly damaged by V/Line with support to remove the rail line by the local sitting member Maree Edwards MP.
