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limited corporation responsible for the finance, design, construction and operation of Melbourne's
EastLink tollway project.
Previously listed in the Australian Stock Exchange as The ConnectEast Group (stock symbol: ), it won the $2.5 billion tender in 2004 to finance, design, construct, operate and maintain the 39 km Mitcham-Frankston motorway, which links the Eastern Freeway in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne to the Frankston Freeway in Melbourne's south-east. This tollway, called EastLink was constructed through a joint-venture between
Thiess and
John Holland and completed 5 months ahead of schedule with the tollway opening in June 2008.
In late 2011, the company was sold to ''Horizon Roads'' (a consortium of 8 investors:
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References
Private road operators
Ringwood, Victoria
Companies based in Melbourne
2002 establishments in Australia
Transport in Melbourne
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