Over 700 locals attended a community celebration in Calder Park this month to mark the end of major works to remove the Calder Park Drive level crossing.
The Hillside Recreation Reserve event included fun activities for kids, interactive games, face painting and a sausage sizzle run by the local cricket club.
Entertainment included a hula hoop performer, interactive building blocks activities and mini electric ride-on vehicles for the kids.
Volunteer organisations such as the Brimbank branch of the Victorian State Emergency Service (SES) also showed their support, including a visit from mascot, Paddy the platypus.
The Calder Park Drive level crossing was removed and the new road bridge opened in July, which the state government said will boost safety and ease congestion for drivers by permanently separating trains from vehicles.
The state government said final landscaping works at the site are currently underway.
Over 200 trees, including lemon-scented gum and silver banksia, and 100,000 plants, shrubs and grasses will be planted across the project area.
The new open space and shared use path will be completed in the coming weeks, designed in collaboration with the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation.
The Sunbury line is now boom gate free and passengers will be able to access five new underground stations across Melbourne when the Metro Tunnel opens in December.
