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Daniel Andrews needs to stem West Gate Tunnel stoush June 12, 2018
... successive governments to invest sufficiently in roads and public transport. ... Victorian construction workers are already significantly better paid than ...
As North East MPs Jaclyn Symes and Steph Ryan exchange verbal blows over West Gate tunnel June 5, 2018
GROUNDWORK is clearly well underway for a $60 million plant to make concrete for Melbourne's West Gate tunnel, even though rival North East ...
West Gate Tunnel blocker talks better unsolicited proposals June 4, 2018
Unsolicited infrastructure proposals like Transurban's West Gate Tunnel toll road would be less controversial if they were part of an integrated ...
Works ramp up on West Gate Freeway June 4, 2018
Drivers getting off the West Gate Freeway at Williamstown Road will use a new off-ramp from 4 June, as work powers ahead on the West Gate Tunnel.
Australia to get $66b GDP boost if states rewarded for infrastructure reform: IA June 3, 2018
... government strongly supported [Melbourne's] East West Link and the Perth Freight Link and the state governments cancelled those two projects.".
State election candidate Oscar Yildiz calls for ‘outer rim’ rail loop to ease congestion, grow suburbs June 3, 2018
Oscar Yildiz's plan for a train link for the outer suburbs. ... Cr Yildiz's other policies include support for the East West Link and opposition to the Grand ...
Former Bendigo St, Collingwood, East West Link squat sells June 2, 2018
A COLLINGWOOD property that turned into a home for squatters after being acquired for the canned East West Link sold yesterday as another failed to ...
South Yarra’s open rail eyesore to be covered with $25m office and retail plaza June 1, 2018
The promenade will “enhance” existing open space areas while creating better pedestrian, cyclist and commuter links, the Melbourne Metro Rail ...
Building Victoria’s Massive Tunnel Boring Machines May 31, 2018
Some of the largest tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in the world are on track to arrive in Melbourne on time in early 2019 to build the West Gate Tunnel ...
Andrews defends land acquisition under West Gate Tunnel May 31, 2018
Andrews defends land acquisition under West Gate Tunnel ... government's acquisition of land underneath homes in the path of the West Gate Tunnel.

YCAT News

A letter from resident groups of the inner west May 16, 2018
Originally published in The Westsider: A letter from resident groups of the inner west – The inner west does not need or want the West Gate Tunnel project (May 2018)...
#GetOnBoardVic – Day of Action: Monday 23rd April 2018 April 20, 2018
The Victorian State Government has teamed up with private interests like TransUrban to choke Melbourne with roads, roads, roads, leading to congestion, smog and tolls. We know Melbournians want real,...
#GetOnBoard Community Powered Transport Plan March 6, 2018
From Get On Board: Our transport system is a mess. Roads don’t relieve congestion, they create it. But state government after state government keep building roads. They keep putting the...
Your invitation to the launch of Melbourne’s REAL Transport Vision February 4, 2018
Residents of Melbourne’s inner suburbs have been fighting attempts to carve freeways and tollways through our city for decades. In the 1970’s and 1990’s we defended the inner north against...
Melbourne is in the middle of a transport planning nightmare February 4, 2018
From Sustainable Cities: Melbourne is in the middle of a transport planning nightmare. Our elected officials are committing to megaroad projects that won’t ease congestion. Instead we’re left with transport,...
Roads to nowhere – by William McDougall January 13, 2018
YCAT is re-posting this important and damning letter by senior transport planner William McDougall, published in the SMH and The Sunday Age, Jan 7th 2018. YCAT hosts complete copies of the Eddington...
Say NO to West Gate Tunnel – rally for a sustainable Melbourne December 16, 2017
Please share to your profile, page or group – Say NO to West Gate Tunnel – rally for a sustainable Melbourne – come along and show solidary for Melbourne’s west...
Urgent: North East Link feedback by 5pm Monday 18 September September 17, 2017
Following up from last weeks update concerning North East Link, if you have a spare ten minutes you can make it count *right now* – we have until 5pm Monday...
Zombie Project hidden in North East Link Option A? September 9, 2017
So you’ve heard about the proposed North East Link, but do you know about the options? Option A , one of the proposed options looks alarming for Collingwood, Fitzroy, Carlton...
Air is free, but more pollution from West Gate Tunnel is deadly June 21, 2017
You can help Spotswood South Kingsville Residents Group push for the highest air quality standards possible for Melbourne’s inner west in their submission to the Environment Effects Statement (EES) for...

Doncaster Rail

Toll road to kill off future Doncaster rail: public transport group April 26, 2018
It will also see a busway built on the northern side of the road, for the Doncaster shuttle that currently travels along either side of the Eastern Freeway. Infrastructure Victoria, the state's adviser on spending, found in 2016 that a long-term plan to build a rail line down the Eastern Freeway did not stack up.
Melbourne needs two new rail tunnels by 2035, council says April 21, 2018
Metro 3 is still questionable, there is no confirmed route or previous planning work (Metro 2 has popped up in Doncaster rail study and then the PTV plan mentioned again in Infrastructure Victoria plans, also in the Fisherman's Bend planning scheme). Metro 3 is still very underdeveloped as of yet.
New Hoddle St P-turns to confuse motorists when introduced April 13, 2018
“Unless you double the width of Hoddle St, which is obviously impossible, the only solution is to build the promise Doncaster Rail Link and take thousands of cars out of the equation.” Australia's first P-Turn was first introduced in Frankston in 2015 as a temporary fix to construction near the Peninsula Link ...
Arcadis appoints Greg Harrison for national business sustainability role March 22, 2018
... Energy Power Station, Melbourne Metro Tunnels and Stations PPP, Outer Suburban Arterials Roads PPP, Monash Freeway Upgrade, CityLink-Tulla Widening Project, Doncaster Rail Study, Port of Hastings Port Development Strategy, Darlington Transport Stud...
Students set to take the bus to Melbourne Uni’s $1b ‘future of engineering’ December 21, 2017
The government strategy also flagged a Doncaster rail line that would travel through Clifton Hill and then on in a new metro line that would extended through Fishermans Bend. An underground rail station within the precinct was flagged for the area. But...
RIP Doncaster Rail November 29, 2017
The premier has lost the plot in my view wanting to put more buses on the roads with nowhere to go at the city end. This is a crazy project. He is being ...
Has spending on roads spun out of control? November 24, 2017
How many outer-suburban residents of Melbourne though will now go without the benefit of a railway line or proper bus service because this road will soak up so much money? For $16.5 billion, the Rowville rail the Baillieu government costed at $3 billio...
Melbourne / North East Link Project (Freeway) November 5, 2017
Its all about cost and benefit. Many other heavy rail projects are more economically sound than a Doncaster rail currently. In the future it is uncertain ...
Kinder crush forces Wyndham council to use portable rooms October 30, 2017
Melbourne Deputy Lord Mayor Arron Wood called for action on projects such as Metro 2, the airport rail link, the Doncaster rail line, and improved bus ...
New tram over Yarra, train line and tower heights put into Fishermans Bend plan October 20, 2017
In transport, two routes have been put forward for a new rail line to the area in the far-flung future: the Doncaster rail line would travel through Clifton ...

East West Link

Australia to get $66b GDP boost if states rewarded for infrastructure reform: IA June 3, 2018
... government strongly supported [Melbourne's] East West Link and the Perth Freight Link and the state governments cancelled those two projects.".
State election candidate Oscar Yildiz calls for ‘outer rim’ rail loop to ease congestion, grow suburbs June 3, 2018
Oscar Yildiz's plan for a train link for the outer suburbs. ... Cr Yildiz's other policies include support for the East West Link and opposition to the Grand ...
Former Bendigo St, Collingwood, East West Link squat sells June 2, 2018
A COLLINGWOOD property that turned into a home for squatters after being acquired for the canned East West Link sold yesterday as another failed to ...
Stop Labor’s Housing Sell-off rally calls for more public housing May 31, 2018
He urged people to move the campaign to a new level, similar to the picketing campaign that stopped the East West Link, to stop the loss of public ...
Hundreds of properties have land 15 metres beneath them acquired for tollway May 30, 2018
The Napthine government planned to use its powers to build the East West Link, but lost power before it enacted them. Yarraville homeowners and ...
Campaign or electioneering? Liberals want Andrews’ ads investigated May 29, 2018
... Dr Napthine's government's unprecedented advertising blitz to promote its transport plans, with the controversial East West Link as its centrepiece, ...
State election will be a tale of two toll roads, but what about rail? May 29, 2018
Stage one of the East West Link, a new tollway between the end of the Eastern Freeway and CityLink, was to have cost $12.8 billion to build and was ...
Daniel Andrews’ press release to build the North East Link isn’t worth the paper it’s written on May 28, 2018
Between his reckless squandering of $1.3 billion of taxpayers' money tearing up the East West Link contract, and his billions of dollars in blowouts on ...
North East Link business case released May 28, 2018
Mr Davis said the Premier had no credibility after “squandering” $1.3 billion by dumping the East West Link contract signed by the former Coalition ...
North East Link to cut commuter times and crashes on local roads May 27, 2018
... case said it would based on similar rates on other Melbourne toll roads. ... The opposition wants the East West Link built before the North East Link.

Melbourne Metro Rail Project

South Yarra’s open rail eyesore to be covered with $25m office and retail plaza June 1, 2018
The promenade will “enhance” existing open space areas while creating better pedestrian, cyclist and commuter links, the Melbourne Metro Rail ...
Revealed: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ designs for Melbourne Metro stations May 30, 2018
The cross-city project is backed by the Melbourne Metro Rail Authority, which has retained Grimshaw as its client-side architect. The AJ100 practice ...
West Gate tunnel, Metro Rail Tunnel: What effect will the infrastructure boom have on house prices? May 24, 2018
Sell or stay? Welcome to the dilemma being experienced by homeowners as Melbourne confronts one of the biggest road construction blitzes in living ...
Regional Rail Link ‘fails’ to deliver on extra train services, watchdog says May 10, 2018
... as part of the Regional Rail Link were not delivered, and warned of a "real risk the same problem will occur with the Melbourne Metro Rail Project".
Prioritise safety, road access in infrastructure boost May 8, 2018
"Through our TruckSafe program, the ATA is working with the National Road Safety Partnership Program, the Melbourne Metro Rail Authority and ...
ATA stresses priority on safety and road access in $24.5B infrastructure boost May 8, 2018
“Through our TruckSafe program, the ATA is working with the National Road Safety Partnership Program, the Melbourne Metro Rail Authority and others to develop accreditation standards for construction truck operators. These include side under-run protec...
Sales boom around QVM May 8, 2018
“The redevelopment of the QVM and the construction of the Melbourne Metro Rail are driving an incredibly positive sentiment and investors are just desperate to secure real estate in the surrounding locale.” “The burgeoning precinct is set to generate u...
Victoria to get almost a third of Turnbull Government’s $24.5 billion infrastructure Budget bonanza May 6, 2018
His comments come after stoushes over Commonwealth funding last year for the Melbourne Metro Rail when the state government refused to build a new South Yarra station as part of the proposed rail overhaul. The standoff is unlikely to be replicated in t...
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas says the rising cost of major projects is keeping him awake at night May 4, 2018
In March, Melbourne Metro Rail Authority CEO Evan Tattersall said the project was competing intensely for construction workers in a tight job market. In a separate announcement, Mr Pallas said the government had asked the Essential Services Commission ...
Dozens of new Victorian government bodies May 4, 2018
Infrastructure agencies include the Level Crossing Removal Authority, Melbourne Metro Rail Authority (which was recently changed to Rail Projects Victoria), and a new Regional Roads Victoria announced as part of Tuesday's budget, funded to the tune of $17.4 million. At least two new agencies have ...

Western Distributor/West Gate Tunnel

Daniel Andrews needs to stem West Gate Tunnel stoush June 12, 2018
... successive governments to invest sufficiently in roads and public transport. ... Victorian construction workers are already significantly better paid than ...
As North East MPs Jaclyn Symes and Steph Ryan exchange verbal blows over West Gate tunnel June 5, 2018
GROUNDWORK is clearly well underway for a $60 million plant to make concrete for Melbourne's West Gate tunnel, even though rival North East ...
West Gate Tunnel blocker talks better unsolicited proposals June 4, 2018
Unsolicited infrastructure proposals like Transurban's West Gate Tunnel toll road would be less controversial if they were part of an integrated ...
Works ramp up on West Gate Freeway June 4, 2018
Drivers getting off the West Gate Freeway at Williamstown Road will use a new off-ramp from 4 June, as work powers ahead on the West Gate Tunnel.
Building Victoria’s Massive Tunnel Boring Machines May 31, 2018
Some of the largest tunnel boring machines (TBMs) in the world are on track to arrive in Melbourne on time in early 2019 to build the West Gate Tunnel ...
Andrews defends land acquisition under West Gate Tunnel May 31, 2018
Andrews defends land acquisition under West Gate Tunnel ... government's acquisition of land underneath homes in the path of the West Gate Tunnel.
Study group to share views on Tunnel project’s truck traffic rise May 29, 2018
Residents bracing for thousands more trucks rumbling through their streets when the West Gate Tunnel opens will have their concerns heard through ...
West Gate tunnel, Metro Rail Tunnel: What effect will the infrastructure boom have on house prices? May 24, 2018
Sell or stay? Welcome to the dilemma being experienced by homeowners as Melbourne confronts one of the biggest road construction blitzes in living ...
Industry calls for reforms to stop unsafe and inexperienced truck drivers hitting Victorian streets May 18, 2018
Trucks carrying soil and rubble will be leaving every few minutes when projects such as the Metro Tunnel, West Gate Tunnel and North East Link ramp ...
‘It’s pretty clear that there is little competition’: Cintra attacks Transurban May 18, 2018
... from Transurban such as Sydney's NorthConnex motorway and Melbourne's West Gate Tunnel without asking other companies to submit competing ...