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Tourists on a bus look out the windows, observing construction outside. the bus interior is visible with overhead compartments and air vents.
A group of people listening to a person wearing an orange
A group of people listens to a speaker holding plans at a construction site with visible scaffolding, large beams, and a crane in the background.
A group of passengers on a tour bus, with one man using a handheld microphone. people are seated looking at the view outside where construction is visible. bright daylight fills the bus.
A smiling family with a mother, father, and young child stands inside an arched tunnel decorated to resemble a tunnel.

West Gate Tunnel Project Community Tour

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2018

Description

The West Gate Tunnel Project is giving you an exclusive chance to see behind the scenes with a guided bus tour of the project’s east zone.

A booking fee waiver for this program is made possible thanks to Transurban.

What's On

Starting from the project's Info Centre in Yarraville, guests can grab a complimentary coffee before taking a tour of one of the biggest infrastructure projects underway in Victoria. The tour will take visitors along the Maribyrnong River and Footscray Road, with project engineers and engagement team members explaining the construction underway and the future journeys that drivers and cyclists will take.

Children's Activities

Young people are welcome to join the tour if they're accompanied by a parent or guardian

Images: (1-5) Touring the West Gate Tunnel Project. Photos: courtesy of West Gate Tunnel Project.

Important Details

Time & Date

Saturday 27 July
Tours run 10am + 11.30am
Running for 60 minutes in groups of 40

Bookings required—$7 booking fee waived
First release tickets: 12pm Wednesday 3 July
Second release tickets: 12pm Saturday 6 July

Meet at the WGTP Information Centre located at 2 Sommerville Rd, Yarraville

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ACCESSIBILITY

Fully wheelchair accessible, Accessible bathroom, Accessible parking nearby

Location

2 Somerville Rd, Yarraville VIC 3013

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Acknowledgement of Country

Our programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.

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Our programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.

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