Premier Daniel Andrews says Victorians won't be hit hard with compensation bill over East West Link

Victorians will not be hit with a huge compensation bill for the stalled East West Link, Premier Daniel Andrews says.

Mr Andrews wrote to the East West Connect Partnership last week requesting a halt to work on the controversial project, which was signed off by the previous state government.

His government has now received breach notices from the consortium building the $6.8 billion road, News Corp Australia reports.

Mr Andrews said the government was working through the matter with the East West Connect Partnership.

Asked if Victorians would be up for a massive compensation bill, the premier said: "No, I don't think so."

He said there had been discussions between the winning bidder and government representatives.

"We're going to work through this carefully in a fundamentally responsible way," he said.

Mr Andrews has said previously he received a "whole raft of legal advice" before instructing the consortium to stop work on the tunnel.