Infrastructure spending shifts to Melbourne's outer west
Three level crossing removals and a new station will change accessibility for about 140,000 residents by 2029.
Victoria's forward transport programme allocates a majority of new metropolitan rail spending to the western corridor for the first time since the level crossing programme began.
The works will change effective commute times for roughly 140,000 residents across Werribee, Tarneit and Point Cook, where population has grown faster than any other part of the state for six years.
Land values along the corridor have historically responded to construction commencement rather than announcement, with an average uplift of 4 to 7 per cent within 800 metres of a new station in previous projects.
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