Victorian resident Anthony Murphy has launched proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria asking the Court to consider whether the net economic benefit and projected traffic volumes included in the business case for East West Link – Stage 1 are deceptive and misleading representations, and if these figures have been calculated according to standard methodology as claimed.

East West Toll

The proposed East West Link is an 18 kilometre toll road the current state government plans to run from the Eastern Freeway to the Western Ring Road through the densely populated and historic inner north and west of Melbourne.

It is estimated to cost $18 billion – that is $1 billion per kilometre or $1 million per metre.

The East West Link – Stage 1 would gouge a concrete tunnel, motorways and “signature” flyovers through Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Royal Park and West Parkville (Part A), via a viaduct taller than Citylink through Kensington, Flemington and North Melbourne (Part B). The East West Link – Stage 2 would see a 12 kilometre extension from the Port of Melbourne west to the ring road at Laverton on a route yet to be determined.

Stage 1 alone would cost around $8 billion and take 5 years to construct.  It would have a massive impact on individuals, communities, neighbourhoods and open parkland and recreation areas.

Many homes and businesses would be destroyed to make way for a series of roads and flyovers in what are historic and densely populated residential communities.
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