My Suggested Footscray To Frankston Arterial
Footscray and Frankston are two of the six Central Activities Districts in Melbourne’s master plan for future growth. These districts are the largest of activity centres outside of the CBD. Another of the six is Dandenong. In this post I am suggesting a series of motorways and major arterial roads, some already existing, that will connect these three activity centres in a direct south-east/south-west route. This system of roads will also connect with other major motorways, such as the West Gate Freeway to form a variety of alternative routes that could take you from one extreme end of suburbia to the other - taking pressure off major motorways such as the Monash Freeway which sees extreme levels of congestion at times. For example, on this suggested series of motorways and arterial roads, one could drive from Rosebud to Melton which would be a trip of 110 km’s of continuous motorways and arterial roads without using the Eastlink or the Monash Freeway. Tolls paid would be approximate