After the Punt Road upgrade, cars travelling from north to south will be given greater priority in the new “continuous flow” intersection, with less green light time for right-turning traffic heading for the city, Roads Minister Luke Donnellan said on Sunday morning. The government says it will also build better cycling and walking connections on Swan Street and Olympic Boulevard; new bus stops on Punt Road; and a wheelchair-friendly tram stop replacing some of the existing Swan Street and Olympic Boulevard stops. Cars turning right into Olympic Boulevard will have a dedicated right-turn lane followed by a merge into the city-bound traffic. Motorists coming from Swan Street and turning right into Punt Road will continue through the intersection, take a U-turn and then go left under the railway bridge.

One of the northbound left-hand turn lanes onto Brunton Avenue will be first to go, permanently removed within weeks with a rolling program of temporary lane closures to follow. Brunton Avenue will also be closed in the coming days, according to Brendan Pauwels, project director with the government's Major Road Projects Authority. "We've obviously got to avoid some of the major events that happen in this area and most of the works will happen at night-time to try to avoid the impact to commuters during construction," Mr Pauwels said. "Most of the tramstop upgrades and the shutting down of the tram line will be towards the middle of next year."

Mr Donnellan said the first part of the Hoddle Street Upgrade had already been a success, untangling the “Johnston Street bottleneck”. The plan would now tackle another notorious traffic snarl location. “This continuous flow intersection, the first of its kind in Victoria, will move right-turn traffic away from the intersection and give traffic heading to the city from the north a dedicated right turn,” the minister said. “I thank people for their patience while we deliver this project and a smoother, quicker journey for motorists and passengers.” Work is expected to be finished on the new intersection in late 2019.

But Shadow Attorney-General John Pesutto says not enough information has been given to motorists to let them navigate the delays and disruptions caused by the government's road building. "It's clear... that not enough real-time information has been made available to motorists to minimise disruption," Mr Pesutto said. "So not only do we have a problem where the Andrews government doesn't have a long-term plan to deal with our population growth, it's also denying motorists the real-time information that will allow them to minimise disruption."