Melbourne Airport Elevated Loop Road

Melbourne Airport will construct an elevated loop road network to separate public traffic from commercial transport operators. 

Access improvements will target critical congestion points on the network leading into the airport, including Departure Drive, and the intersection of Centre Road and Terminal Drive.

The elevated loop road network will add 1.6 kilometres of new road to the airport’s existing network and be used primarily by private vehicles accessing pick up, drop off and parking facilities.

The project will be delivered in two stages: 

• Stage 1 - Terminal 4 Express Link. Provides a direct connection from the Tullamarine Freeway into the T4 ground transport hub (complete March 2023). 
• Stage 2 - Termainsl 1, 2, and 3, and Forecourt. Provides a new dedicated passenger pick-up and drop-off zone within the T123 parking structure, and a grade separation of the airport’s busiest intersection at Terminal Drive and Centre Road. It also includes new exit ramps will be built from the T123 parking structure taking traffic from Level 3 directly onto Departure Drive and from Level 2 onto Melbourne Drive.