The map, created by the Linking Melbourne Authority and seen by Fairfax Media, has dotted lines indicating on and off ramps connecting the elevated link to Arden and Lloyd streets. The map also shows 21 properties in Kensington that will be acquired to make way for the four-lane road, which will run for much of its length along the western bank of Moonee Ponds Creek. A map, created by the state government's Linking Melbourne Authority and seen by Fairfax Media, contains dotted lines indicating on and off ramps that connect the elevated link to Arden Street and to Lloyd Street, above. Credit:Google The properties include terrace houses on Bent Street, and business premises and a seeing-eye dog centre on Barrett Street. A Napthine government spokeswoman said no decision had been made about building the Arden Street ramps, because it is planned that the elevated road will be built after completion of stage one of the east-west link, which will run from CityLink to the Eastern Freeway.

''Any on/off ramps in this area will be part of detailed planning of stage two. No decisions have been made,'' the spokeswoman said. The government revealed plans for the four-lane road parallel to CityLink when it announced its detailed designs of stage one of the east-west link last month. Premier Denis Napthine shows plans for the east-west tunnel. It announced at the time that properties would also be acquired around Kensington as part of a planned new link to the Port of Melbourne, but did not mention the ramps onto Arden Street. Bent Street resident Rilke Muir said locals were shocked and distressed at having recently learnt they would be forced to sell their homes or business premises.

Parkville's Evo apartment building will be completely ringed by roads and flyovers under the east-west link proposal. Ms Muir, a spokeswoman for community group the Kensington Association, owns and lives in an apartment in the Kensington Warehouse building, which has 53 apartments. The building is not being acquired, despite appearances on the map that it will be very close to the new elevated road. Some of her neighbours who were recently issued with acquisition notices attended an information session hosted by the Linking Melbourne Authority at the weekend. The biggest concern overall for Kensington is the noise and the air pollution ... let alone all the additional traffic. ''People asked why the new road couldn't be built on the eastern side of CityLink to preserve the open space on the western side of the creek, but no real answer was given,'' Ms Muir said.

Kensington residents also expressed fears about the effects of a huge increase in truck traffic. Loading ''The biggest concern overall for Kensington is the noise and the air pollution that a truck thoroughfare is going to bring us, let alone all the additional traffic,'' she said. With Deborah Gough