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- The making and unmaking of the East-West Link – Pursuit June 27, 2022The making and unmaking of the East-West Link Pursuit(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- Heide Tosses up Future with North East Link in the Offing – Architecture and Design June 17, 2022Heide Tosses up Future with North East Link in the Offing Architecture and Design(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- Environment Effects Statement – Victoria’s Big Build June 14, 2022Environment Effects Statement Victoria's Big Build(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- Heide Museum asks state for expansion to offset North East Link disappointment – The Age June 13, 2022Heide Museum asks state for expansion to offset North East Link disappointment The Age(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- TBMs ordered for Melbourne’s North East Link road project – Ground Engineering June 10, 2022TBMs ordered for Melbourne's North East Link road project Ground EngineeringNorth East Link tunnel boring machines on the way Victoria's Big BuildNorth East Link orders two 15.6m diameter Herrenknecht TBMs Tunnelling Jo...
YCAT News
- The Making and Unmaking of East-West Link June 3, 2022Melbourne University Publishing: The Making and Unmaking of East-West Link: James C Murphy The definitive account of a hotly debated political project in Melbourne Melbourne’s aborted East-West Link – the...
- Melbourne’s East West Link officially ‘dead’ as Suburban Rail Loop construction begins – 9News June 2, 2022Melbourne's East West Link officially 'dead' as Suburban Rail Loop construction begins 9News(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- Riding a bike is sweet freedom, even if it might kill me June 12, 2021A relatively small upgrade to the CBD that has people like me feeling more confident to leave their car at home and ride to work.
- A liveable North East: North East Link Forum July 29, 2018Credit: Nick Carson at English Wikipedia [CC BY 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons You can catch up with the A Better North East – North East Link Forum (video link) organised...
- Fix Public Transport in Melbourne: We are not Sardines! July 4, 2018Join the Victorian Socialists’ campaign to fix public transport in Melbourne For the week starting July 9th we’ll be leafleting at train stations and targeting train lines all around northern...
Doncaster Rail
- Matthew Guy: Manningham bus changes more realistic than Doncaster Rail August 22, 2018Is the bus network is so busy and carrying so many then a train would be the answer. Guy always tries to talk down the heavy lifting in favour of smaller ...
- Matthew Guy pledges $487m to extend Cranbourne train line to Clyde July 11, 2018“Who can forget, they promised to deliver Doncaster rail and did nothing, they promised to deliver Rowville rail and did nothing, they promised to ...
- Matthew Guy pledges nearly $500m to extend Cranbourne train line July 11, 2018"When last in government, the Liberals promised to build Doncaster Rail and then did nothing; they also promised a rail line to Avalon airport and that ...
- New train stations promised in Melbourne as Monash Freeway upgrades get go-ahead July 11, 2018"Who can forget they promised to deliver Doncaster rail and did nothing, they promised to deliver Rowville rail and did nothing, they promised to ...
- Melbourne traffic: Your say on how to cut congestion July 4, 2018Long term: Boost public transport rail, tram and bus services. e.g. Doncaster rail, Metro 2 etc. Complete the NE Link, no road should dump heavy traffic ...
East West Link
- The making and unmaking of the East-West Link – Pursuit June 27, 2022The making and unmaking of the East-West Link Pursuit(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- Environment Effects Statement – Victoria’s Big Build June 14, 2022Environment Effects Statement Victoria's Big Build(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- Heide Museum asks state for expansion to offset North East Link disappointment – The Age June 13, 2022Heide Museum asks state for expansion to offset North East Link disappointment The Age(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- TBMs ordered for Melbourne’s North East Link road project – Ground Engineering June 10, 2022TBMs ordered for Melbourne's North East Link road project Ground EngineeringNorth East Link tunnel boring machines on the way Victoria's Big BuildNorth East Link orders two 15.6m diameter Herrenknecht TBMs Tunnelling Jo...
- North east link busway takes shape | News – Australasian Bus and Coach June 9, 2022North east link busway takes shape | News Australasian Bus and Coach(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Melbourne Metro Rail Project
- Dogged by scandal, short on charm, Andrews’ winning card is integrity November 9, 2018But 29 level crossings have been removed, the $11 billion Melbourne Metro rail tunnel is well underway, the $6.7 billion West Gate tunnel is in the ...
- Why the seat of Prahran matters in the 2018 Victorian State election October 29, 2018Local landmarks/points of interest: Chapel St retail district, Prahran market, entrance to the planned Melbourne Metro rail tunnel, Royal Botanic ...
- Re:act video humanises truck drivers as they share experiences October 22, 2018The video was developed by Melbourne creative agency Hard Edge with the support of Swinburne, Melbourne Metro Rail Authority, the National Road ...
- Record annual infrastructure building September 26, 2018Big-ticket projects, such as Badgerys Creek Airport in Western Sydney and the Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel, will boost demand for building materials, ...
- Labor, Coalition try to woo voters with $90 billion in spending promises before campaign begins September 22, 2018This is on top of projects such as the Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel and West Gate Tunnel, already under way at a ... East West Link — $8-10 billion.
Western Distributor/West Gate Tunnel
- West Gate Tunnel workers reach pay deal: $300k a year June 11, 2021Tunnelling workers on the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel will earn more than $300,000 a year after the project’s builders cut a pay deal with one of Victoria’s powerful building unions.
- Second green light for toxic West Gate Tunnel soil to be treated in Ravenhall | Melton & Moorabool – Melton Moorabool Star Weekl… May 15, 2021Second green light for toxic West Gate Tunnel soil to be treated in Ravenhall | Melton & Moorabool Melton Moorabool Star Weekly(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
- Tom Minear: North East Link has become a serious dilemma to Morrison October 14, 2020... exception of the East West Link) and their pragmatic co-operation has gone ... although John Holland caused headaches on the West Gate Tunnel.
- West Gate Tunnel dispute veers towards ‘full-flung fight’ June 19, 2020... Labor government was voted into office with an election pledge to scrap another road project, the East West Link. ... Competitors to Transurban say the tollroad group, which is contributing $4 billion to the total cost of the new ...
- Arnold Bloch Leibler partner to mediate West Gate Tunnel fight between Transurban, government February 10, 2020A hired legal gun who helped the Andrews Government break the East West Link contract has been called in to get the troubled West ... its contract with Transurban is fulfilled and the new toll road is finished by its 2022 deadline.
