The final submissions on the East West Link tollway, were heard on Tuesday (15 April, 2014) and the Assessment Committee has now retired to write its report. It is charged with deciding whether the tollway should be approved, and if so under what conditions.

Over the last 6 weeks the six panel members have been hearing evidence about the Comprehensive Impact Statement or CIS. It received 1430 submissions and heard from 210 individuals and community groups. However the public still don’t have a full picture of the costs and impacts and the expert witnesses clashed over the claims made for this project. Continue Reading…