What we could have, Toll Roads & other mumbo jumbo, Leighton in strife, locals get creative & tunnel picket
Public Transport Victoria: Network Development Plan: Apparently, a huge road development in Melbourne’s inner north has higher priority than existing public transport plans for the rest of the metropolitan area, although you could be forgiven for believing it’s all been usurped by the current State government push for “Freight State” malarky and huge superfunds looking for profits. Just where do the public fit into this picture?
The Age: Letters (5 October 2013)
Pie-in-sky assumptions
Well done to The Age for continuing to pursue the state government over the secrecy of its business case for the east-west link (”Secret case for link revealed”, 2/10 and other articles). As a former transport modeller who was based in Melbourne, I am dismayed to see Brisbane-based Veitch Lister used for such an important assessment of infrastructure. The assumptions used are pie in the sky. Did the company run a scenario where people aren’t willing to pay more tolls, parking costs increase and fuel prices continue their upward spiral? Maybe the company should be employed to run the business cases for the infrastructure projects that Melbourne actually needs – the Melbourne metro, Rowville rail, Doncaster rail and the airport rail. Imagine the benefits the company could find.
Juan Ricardo, Fiji
