The Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, established in 1922 by the Victorian state government, produced a report in 1929 that recommended a new underground railway in central Melbourne running via Exhibition and Victoria streets to reduce congestion at Finders Street station.
[2] A major plan released by the Victorian state government of Henry Bolte called for the creation of 510 kilometres of freeways, and a number of new rail lines.
In Melbourne, it was recommended that many freeways needed to be built and extended A strategy launched in 1999 by the state government of Steve Bracks called for an airport rail link to Melbourne Airport and the reopening of several regional railway lines.
Population projections now predict Melbourne's population could reach 7 million by that time and the State Government has since changed its strategy on the policy, abandoning the urban growth boundary in the north and west of Melbourne and compromising green wedges.
The Meeting our Transport Challenges was a plan from the Steve Bracks Labor Government, it was a plan to address issues around the transport network and growing suburbs[7][8] Some Proposals in the project were: Upgrades to the SmartBus network, and to busses in the Doncaster Area Multiple rail Duplication and Triplication including a 3rd track from Caulfield to Dandenong Rail extensions including the South Morang Line (proposed to be built in 2016) and the Somerton link, The Deer Park Bypass Transit Cities: in the areas of Box Hill, Broadmeadows, Dandenong, Ringwood, Epping, Footscray, Frankston, Sydenham and Werribee.