Hoddle St study finds tunnel no solution to congestion
From The Herald Sun: Hoddle St study finds tunnel no solution to congestion (5 May 2013)
A tunnel under Hoddle St or grade separations at key intersections will not fix congestion on the road, a VicRoads report has found.
The $5 million Hoddle St Study investigated nine options to improve the bottleneck, used by about 80,000 vehicles on weekdays.
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews has called for Hoddle St to be a priority while the State Government has opted to pursue an East-West Link connecting the Eastern Freeway and Western Ring Road.
Opposition roads spokesman Luke Donnellan has previously said Labor, if elected, would transform the road into a tunnel or grade separate major intersections.
But the report said local grade separations ($3 billion), lowering Hoddle St ($5 billion) and a cut and cover tunnel ($5 billion) were “not feasible and not worth more investigation”. Continue Reading…
