Scores of homes compulsorily acquired to make way for the now defunct East West Link are expected to be offloaded in a staggered sale starting next year.

At least 113 homes, an apartment block and 18 commercial properties will be sold over the next two years, providing a $250 million boost to government coffers.

Nadege Morel and Davis Michaud at their Parkville house in April. Their home of more than half a century was acquired for the East West Link. Credit:Luis Ascui

The properties were acquired either forcibly or through a voluntary program in the inner-north suburbs of Collingwood, Clifton Hill and Parkville to make way for the monster $10.7 billion tunnel.

Lengthy delays and indecision about the East West Link prompted many fed-up residents to buy other homes rather than wait to find out if the decision to acquire their houses would be reversed.