Project Management: North East Link Melbourne

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Project management: North East Link Melbourne
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Table of Contents
Part A. Project overview..................................................................................................................2
A.1 Overview of the project........................................................................................................2
A.2 Overall budget of the project................................................................................................2
A.3 Social and economic rationale..............................................................................................2
A.4 Key statistics.........................................................................................................................3
A.5. Funding mechanism.............................................................................................................8
A.6 Key stakeholders...................................................................................................................9
Part B: Risk analysis........................................................................................................................9
Part C: Risk mitigation plan..........................................................................................................16
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................23

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Part A. Project overview
A.1 Overview of the project
The paper mainly reflects on the construction of “North East Link in Melbourne”. It is
found that North east link will be helpful in delivering three major project which mainly include
construction of North east link, Eastern freeway upgrades as well as Doncaster Busway
construction. The north east link project will complete the construction of the ring road between
the Eastern Freeway as well as M80 ring road by successfully connecting the norther as well as
south eastern suburbs (Northeastlink 2019). On the other hand, it is found that the construction of
Eastern Freeway upgradation generally overhauls the eastern freeway with new technology for
providing the facility of 40% faster trips. In addition to this, it is found that the construction of
Doncaster Busway generally helps in properly launching a new Busway with proper dedicated
express along with the Eastern freeway towards the city. It is expected that the project of North
East Link in Melbourne will get completed by 2027 by utilizing budget of around $16.5 billion.
A.2 Overall budget of the project
After proper analysis, it is found that in order to undertake the project of “North East
Link in Melbourne”, it is quite necessary to complete the construction of the project within the
budget that is around $16.5 billion. The budget that is assumed for the construction purpose must
be found appropriate in completing the work of the project effectively within the expected time
as well as budget.
A.3 Social and economic rationale
It is found that the North East Link is one of the biggest road transport project that helps
in fixing the link in the network of Melbourne freeway. The utilization of North East Link will

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generally helpful in reducing congestion within the north east while maintaining local roads for
local trips. It is identified that the construction of North East Link will be helpful in slashing
traffic as well as travel times’ between Melbourne south east and north up to 30 minutes. The
additional lanes on the eastern freeway will generally helpful in eliminating some of
Melbourne’s worst bottleneck (Northeastlink 2019). In addition to this, the project is helpful in
improving public transport by building Melbourne’s first busway which further helps in
improving access as well as assists in upgrading the car parking at the Watsania station.
Moreover, the construction of North East Link in Melbourne will helpful in creating walking and
cycling connections and also assists in enhancing the growth of the economy by creating more
than 10000 jobs.
On the other hand, it is analyzed that the construction of North East Link will not be so
much successful in reducing congestion as the extension of both the freight as well as passenger
will generally provide both the combination of high capacity as well as speed for competing
between trucks and cars. It is found that rail extension to Rowville as well as Doncaster will
remain politically dead as the only body that is considered to be capable of properly reporting so
that the credible business get dead against the Victorian department of transport.
A.4 Key statistics
Scope and size
The construction of “North East Link” is considered as a large project that will be helpful
in providing the facility of road by reducing traffic congestion. The scope of the project mainly
includes:
 Construction of North east link

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 Upgradation of the eastern freeway upgradation
 Construction of Doncaster Busway
 Sash travel times between Melbourne north and south east
 Construction of interchange at the M80 ring road
 Development of dedicated busway with express lanes
Budget and estimated cost
It is assumed that budget of around 16.5 billion is required in order to construct the
North West link in Melbourne. The figure that is provided below generally showcases the
amount of budget that is needed in order to complete each of the project phase successfully.

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Figure 1: Budget for the construction of North East Link in Melbourne
(Source: Created by Author)
Time required for completing the project
It is identified that the construction of North East Link will get commenced by 2019 and
it is assumed that the work of construction will get completed by the year 2027. The figure that is
given below mainly focuses on the timeline of the project