CTAG Media Release: Community Says No Deal To Brumby’s Road Priorities
Coalition Of Transport Action Groups (CTAG) Media Release 1 December 2008 – Community Says No Deal To Brumby’s Road Priorities
It is expected that, in the coming week, the State Government will announce its long awaited super size transport plan for Melbourne. Our media sources and a number of strategic government leaks indicate thatthe road projects expected to be announced include:
- The Ring Road “missing link” via the Heidelberg/Banyule flats into the Eastern Freeway at Bulleen
- The controversial Eddington East – West road tunnels
- The elevated roadways/tollways in the western suburbs
- The Frankston Bypass/Toll Road
The Brumby Government is simply not listening to public opinion! An Age/Nielsen poll released on 25 November 2008 found that almost two thirds of Victorians are unhappy with the State Government’ handling of public transport and an equal number say that public transport should be given priority over roads. At a time, when there is a groundswell of community dissent, the state government continues to preference new roads, freeways, tolls and tunnels through inner Melbourne and the western suburbs over sustainable public and rail freight transport.
The Coalition of Transport Action Groups (CTAG) is committed to an alternative vision of an ecologically sustainable public and rail freight transport network across Melbourne. Continue Reading…
