North Eastern Program Alliance (NEPA) is one of the four ongoing program Alliances established by Victoria’s Major Transport Infrastructure Authority (MTIA) (previously, Level Crossing Removal Authority) to deliver the Level Crossing Removal Program.
At its establishment, the Alliance comprised:
- Fulton Hogan
- Laing O’Rourke
- Jacobs, and
- Metro Trains Melbourn (MTM) as the network operator.
To maximise the expertise of its construction partners, the North Eastern Program Alliance has split into the following two formations:
South Eastern Program Alliance (SEPA), comprising:
- Laing O’Rourke
- Jacobs, and
- Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM).
Metropolitan Roads Project Alliance (MRPA), comprising:
- Fulton Hogan, and
- Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM).
These two Alliances remain a single legal entity under its original alliance contract (NEPA).
MTIA has allocated all level crossing removal sites, and incorporated rail upgrades to one of the four original program alliances, with formal contract awards occurring incrementally, subject to ongoing performance and provision of detailed works proposals and costings.
In the case of North Eastern Program Alliances, level crossing removals and other rail upgrades allocated to the initial alliance, and its subsequent formations, are summarised below.
North Eastern Program Alliance:
- Grange Road, Alphington (operational)
- Lower Plenty Road, Rosanna (operational)
- Heidelberg to Rosanna duplication (operational), and
- Rosanna Station (operational).
Above package of work was delivered as Hurstbridge Line Upgrade Stage One.
South Eastern Program Alliance:
- Toorak Road, Kooyong (operational)
- Manchester Road, Mooroolbark (under delivery)
- Maroondah Highway, Lilydale (under delivery)
- Lynbrook to Cranbourne duplication (under delivery)
- New Merinda Park Station (under delivery)
- Lynbrook Station expansion (under delivery)
- Hallam Road, Hallam (under delivery)
- Mont Albert Road, Mont Albert (awarded)
- Union Road, Surrey Hills (awarded)
- New Croydon Station (detailed planning)
- New Ringwoord East Station (detailed planning)
- Coolstore Road, Croydon (detailed planning)
- Dublin Road, Ringwood East (detailed planning), and
- Bedford Road, Ringwood (detailed planning).
Lynbrook to Cranbourne rail duplication, New Merinda Park Station and the car park expansion at Lynbrook Station were awarded as part of Cranbourne Cranbourne Line Upgrade (Package B).
Metropolitan Roads Project Alliance:
- Cardinia Road, Pakenham (operational)
- Evans Road, Lyndhurst (operational)
- Clyde Road, Berwick (under delivery)
- South Gippsland Highway, Dandenong (under delivery)
- Fitzgerald Road, Ardeer (under delivery)
- Robinsons Road, Deer Park (under delivery)
- Camms Road, Cranbourne (detailed planning)
- Station Street, Beaconsfield (detailed planning)
- Brunt Road, Beaconsfield (detailed planning), and
- Calder Park Drive, Calder Park (detailed planning).
Key Dates
| Feb 2017 | Contract Award: Hurstbridge Line Upgrade Stage One |
| 2017 | Construction Commencement |
| Jun 2019 | Contract Award: Toorak Road, Kooyong |
| Jul 2019 | Contract Award: Evans Road, Lyndhurst |
| Oct 2019 | Contract Award: Cardinia Road, Pakenham |
| Dec 2019 | Contract Award: Clyde Road, Berwick |
| Dec 2019 | Contract Award: Manchester Road and Maroondah Highway |
| Mar 2020 | Contract Award: Cranbourne Line Upgrade (Package B) |
| Mar 2020 | Contract Award: South Gippsland Highway, Dandenong |
| Dec 2020 | Contract Award: Hallam Road and Hallam Station |
| Jan 2021 | Contract Award: Fitzgerald and Robinsons roads |
| Jul 2021 | Contract Award: Station Street, Brunt Road, Calder Park Drive |
| Jul 2021 | Contract Award: Coolstore, Dublin and Bedford roads |
| Aug 2021 | Contract Award: Union and Mont Albert Road |
| Dec 2025 | Expected Construction Completion |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Major Transport Infrastructure Authority (MTIA), Victoria |
| Successful Tenderer: | North Eastern Program Alliance, comprising Fulton Hogan, Laing O’Rouke, Jacobs, and Metro Trains Melbourn (MTM). |
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PROJECT HISTORY
| Feb 2017 | The Victorian Government awarded a $395 million contract to the NEPA for Hurstbridge Line Upgrade Stage One. Work within the package involved duplication of 1.2 kilometre section of track between Heidelberg and Rosanna on the Hurstbridge Line. Work also included removal of level crossings on Grange Road in Alphington and Lower Plenty Road in Rosanna in addition to building a new station at Rosanna. |
| 2018 | To maximise the expertise of the construction partners, the North Eastern Program Alliance (NEPA) split into NEPA Rail and NEPA Road in 2018. |
| 2019 | NEPA Rail and NEPA Road changed their names to the South Eastern Program Alliance (SEPA) and the Metropolitan Roads Project Alliance (MRPA) respectively. |
| Jun 2019 | The Victorian Government awarded an $89 million contract to the SEPA for Toorak Road level crossing removal. |
| Jul 2019 | The Victorian Government awarded a $54 million contract to the MRPA for Evans Road level crossing removal. |
| Oct 2019 | The Victorian Government awarded an $80 million contract to the MRPA for Cardinia Road level crossing removal. |
| Dec 2019 | The Victorian Government awarded a $166 million contract to the MRPA for Clyde Road level crossing removal. |
| Dec 2019 | The Victorian Government awarded a $496 million contract to the SEPA for Manchester Road and Maroondah Highway level crossing removals. |
| Mar 2020 | The Victorian Government awarded two contracts worth a combined $679 million contract for the Cranbourne Line Upgrade. Package B of the upgrade was awarded to the SEPA. Package B covers Lynbrook to Cranbourne rail duplication, New Merinda Park Station and the car park expansion at Lynbrook Station. |
| Mar 2020 | The Victorian Government awarded a $98 million contract to the MRPA for South Gippsland Highway level crossing removal. |
| Dec 2020 | The Victorian Government awarded a $248 million contract to the SEPA for Hallam Road level crossing removal and Hallam Station construction. |
| Jan 2021 | The Victorian Government awarded a $234 million contract to the MRPA for Fitzgerald and Robinsons roads level crossing removals. |
| Jul 2021 | The Victorian Government announced an additional 10 level crossings would be removed, with three awarded to the Metropolitan Roads Program Alliance and three to the South Eastern Program Alliance. |
| Aug 2021 | The Victorian Government awarded a $631 million contract to SEPA for the Union Road and Mont Albert Road level crossing removals on the Lilydale-Belgrave Line, and construction of a new Surrey Hills Station. |
