Final planning is underway for the Calder Park Drive Interchange project, which will construct a new path to give bike riders access to the Organ Pipes National Park at Keilor North.
Preliminary planning and business case analysis has been underway since 2021 on the project to connect Calder Park Drive to the Calder Freeway with a full diamond interchange.
The plan is on exhibition for feedback as part of the formal process for land use approvals. You can fill in a survey and view artists’ impressions of the project.
Consultation closes on 30 October 2026. Construction will get underway in early 2028.
The project builds a new shared path between Calder Park Drive and the National Park access route at Thompsons Road.
In the other direction, it will be constructed as far as Kings Road, a future strategic cycling corridor, and to what will be a path connecting to Jacksons Creek and then to the upper reaches of the Maribyrnong River trail.
There is also an SCC planned along the Calder Freeway and the Sunbury Railway line.
A Level Crossings Removal Project at Calder Park Drive has already provided a shared path over the rail line, and a connection to the future path along the rail line.
When completed, these projects will provide a well-connected backbone for the bike network around this rapidly growing region in Melbourne’s outer north-west.
The project is currently in the pre-construction phase. Key activities include:
refining the interchange design and construction approach,
detailed environmental investigations to further understand flora and fauna which might be impacted by the interchange,
on-site investigations, including identifying underground utilities and testing ground conditions,
obtaining planning approvals,
finalising a Cultural Heritage Management Plan.
The project is being delivered by VIDA Roads. (Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority.)
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