Infrastructure Australia report: Scrap rego fees and fuel excise in exchange for charging for road use
9 years, 1 month ago

Infrastructure Australia report: Scrap rego fees and fuel excise in exchange for charging for road use

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Vehicle registration fees and fuel excise charges could be abolished to make way for a user-pays road system if the Federal Government adopts the recommendations of a landmark infrastructure report. Key points: The report recommends scrapping rego fees and fuel excise and charging drivers directly for road use That would save the average household $3,000 a year, according to the authors The report revives debate about Melbourne's controversial East West Link The Infrastructure Australia report recommended charging drivers for using roads as a way of reducing congestion and helping fund major projects. Report calls for revival of Melbourne's dumped East West Link Infrastructure Australia identified 93 priority projects across the country, including new metro rail systems in major cities, but it warned current spending levels were insufficient to meet those needs. "Infrastructure Australia is clearly saying the East West Link is a top priority," he said. "It's needed now, and Mr Andrews should swallow his pride, apologise to Victorians for the money he's wasted, and put East West Link back on the table."

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North East Link project will reduce crashes, deliver economic boost: Victorian Government
6 years, 10 months ago

North East Link project will reduce crashes, deliver economic boost: Victorian Government

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Melbourne's proposed North East Link — the so-called missing link between two of the city's busiest arterial roads — will reduce crashes, cut travel time by up to 30 minutes and deliver a financial windfall to Victoria, according to the State Government. The Andrews Government released the business case for the $16.5 billion road project that would see the M80 …

East West Link: Victorian Opposition to resurrect controversial project if it wins government
6 years, 10 months ago

East West Link: Victorian Opposition to resurrect controversial project if it wins government

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Victorian voters will have a choice of the East West Link or the North East Link at the November state poll after Opposition Leader Matthew Guy said the dumped road was his priority. "We think that the North East Link, a project that stacks up, a project that connects the Eastern Freeway with the Metropolitan Ring Road filling in that …

Infrastructure Victoria calls for congestion tax; urges governments not to kill off east-west road link
8 years, 5 months ago

Infrastructure Victoria calls for congestion tax; urges governments not to kill off east-west road link

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Infrastructure Victoria has called for road users to be charged for driving into Melbourne's city centre, saying removing five per cent of trips would improve congestion as much as school holidays. Key points: Congestion tax would limit costs of adding new roads to the network, Infrastructure Victoria says North East Link, joining the Metropolitan Ring Road to East Link, and …

Defunct East West Link road project to cost extra $100 million
8 years, 6 months ago

Defunct East West Link road project to cost extra $100 million

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The cost of axing the East West Link road project will cost Victoria an extra $100 million than previously thought, the State Government says. Victoria's auditor-general found the Andrews Government's decision to dump the road project cost taxpayers more than $1.1 billion. "In our view East West Link was a bad investment from day one," he said. "I'm shocked and …

Victorian Government rules out East West Link revival
8 years, 10 months ago

Victorian Government rules out East West Link revival

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The Victorian Government is adamant it will not revive Melbourne's East West Link, even though its own infrastructure advisers have listed the road project in a discussion paper for a 30-year blueprint. Treasurer Tim Pallas said the paper, titled All Things Considered, did not list the East West Link as a priority project and the road was not on the …

East West Link: Victorian Government rules out reviving 'zombie' toll road project
9 years, 1 month ago

East West Link: Victorian Government rules out reviving 'zombie' toll road project

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Melbourne's dumped East West Link road project will not be revived, despite it being identified as a priority by the country's infrastructure advisory body, the Victorian Government says. Last year Victoria's auditor-general found the Andrews Government's decision to dump the road project cost taxpayers more than $1.1 billion, with "little tangible benefit". Mr Pallas questioned Infrastructure Australia's independence and said …

East West Link: Tony Abbott 'ignored advice' over Victorian road project, auditor-general says
9 years, 3 months ago

East West Link: Tony Abbott 'ignored advice' over Victorian road project, auditor-general says

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Former prime minister Tony Abbott ignored advice not to hand Victoria $1.5 billion for the ill-fated East West Link project, an audit has found. A scathing report by the federal auditor-general found the East West Link had not been assessed as "nationally significant infrastructure" before the money was committed. "Neither stage of the East West Link project had proceeded fully …

East West Link: Cost of scrapping project more than $1.1 billion, auditor-general says
9 years, 3 months ago

East West Link: Cost of scrapping project more than $1.1 billion, auditor-general says

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The cost to taxpayers of scrapping Melbourne's East West Link road project has topped $1.1 billion, Victoria's auditor-general has found. Key points: Auditor-general says decision to sign contract for East West Link based on flawed advice Report says key decisions driven by overriding sense of urgency before state election Report says costs incurred by the state had few tangible benefit …

Victoria set to keep $1.5b allocated for East West Link, but Morrison says not a 'gift voucher'
9 years, 5 months ago

Victoria set to keep $1.5b allocated for East West Link, but Morrison says not a 'gift voucher'

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The Victorian Government will be able to keep $1.5 billion allocated for the dumped East West Link project, after a change of heart from the Commonwealth. Key points: Money was meant for the East West Link Tony Abbott said money had to be given back Scott Morrison now says $1.5 billion will go towards Victorian infrastructure Money may be used …

Perth Freight Link report finds alternatives not properly assessed
9 years, 7 months ago

Perth Freight Link report finds alternatives not properly assessed

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The West Australian Opposition has seized on a report from Infrastructure Australia which it says shows the Perth Freight Link project has been hastily conceived and poorly planned. The Opposition said it showed the Perth Freight Link was not part of long-term planning, and did not adequately consider other options, including the construction of a new outer harbour in Cockburn …

East West Link: Victorian Government signs off on $420 million payment to consortium
9 years, 9 months ago

East West Link: Victorian Government signs off on $420 million payment to consortium

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The consortium behind Melbourne's East West Link will receive $420 million under a deal reached with the Victorian Government after the project was scrapped. Treasurer Tim Pallas said the Government had also negotiated a $3.1 billion bond agreement with the consortium's bankers which would be available for the Melbourne Metro Rail project. Business case exposed flaws: Pallas In December, Mr …

East West Link standoff: Victorian Premier says he has no intention of paying back federal funds
9 years, 10 months ago

East West Link standoff: Victorian Premier says he has no intention of paying back federal funds

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The Victorian Government will not give back $1.5 billion in funding originally earmarked for the East West Link, Premier Daniel Andrews says. Tony Abbott considered funding alternative project Last week, Mr Abbott told Macquarie Radio that he would consider reallocating East West Link funding to a new Western Distributor proposal, if the project "stacked up". But in the interim under …

Victoria to launch fresh push for Commonwealth's East West Link funds
9 years, 11 months ago

Victoria to launch fresh push for Commonwealth's East West Link funds

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The Victorian Government has promised to continue to lobby the Commonwealth to spend federal funds allocated for the East West Link on other transport projects in the state, a day after the contracts for the controversial tunnel were scrapped. The Commonwealth had already given Victoria $1.5 billion for the East West Link and had promised a further $1.5 billion for …

East West Link: Taxpayers hit with $339 million bill as Government strikes deal to scrap East West Link
9 years, 11 months ago

East West Link: Taxpayers hit with $339 million bill as Government strikes deal to scrap East West Link

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Victorian taxpayers have been left with a $339 million bill after the State Government reached a deal to cancel the contracts for the controversial East West Link road project. Government-consortium agreement: $339 million to be paid to East West Connect $81 million in bank fees to be reallocated to Melbourne Metro Rail project Residents forced out of homes by project …

East West Link: Tony Abbott backs down on insistence Victorian Government build controversial toll road
10 years ago

East West Link: Tony Abbott backs down on insistence Victorian Government build controversial toll road

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The Prime Minister has publicly backed down from his insistence the Victorian Government build the East West Link road tunnel, instead committing to consider funding another major road project. "If East West Link is off the table as far as the Victorian Government is concerned, let's see what else might be possible that will address these major bottlenecks and which …

East West Link: Victoria may need to compensate Queensland Government
10 years, 1 month ago

East West Link: Victoria may need to compensate Queensland Government

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The Victorian Government could be forced to pay the Queensland Government's investment arm millions of dollars for ripping up the contract for Melbourne's East West Link. "The Labor Government in Queensland should rename their next freeway the Daniel Andrews Freeway, because thanks to Daniel Andrews, Victorian taxpayers are going to pay for it," he said. Premier driven by 'a good …

East West Link: Daniel Andrews suspends all work on road project
10 years, 3 months ago

East West Link: Daniel Andrews suspends all work on road project

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has ordered the suspension of all work on Melbourne's East West Link road project. Mr Daniels said the business case for the East West Link will be made public on Monday, but the contract would not be released for some time. Mr Andrews has maintained the East West Link contract "isn't worth the paper it's written …

Melbourne Metro rail a better deal than East West Link, transport planners say in emails
10 years, 4 months ago

Melbourne Metro rail a better deal than East West Link, transport planners say in emails

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Senior Victorian Government transport planners have said in emails they have calculated the Melbourne Metro rail tunnel would be a better deal than the multi-billion-dollar East West Link road project. The State Government dumped the Melbourne Metro project in May, in favour of a new rail tunnel called Melbourne Rail Link which would follow a different route, via Fisherman's Bend. …

Lend Lease consortium chosen to build first stage of East West Link toll road
10 years, 6 months ago

Lend Lease consortium chosen to build first stage of East West Link toll road

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A consortium headed by construction giant Lend Lease has been chosen as the preferred bidder to build the $8 billion first stage of Melbourne's East West Link toll road. The East West Connect Consortium also includes Lend Lease's financing arm Capella Capital, and infrastructure companies Acciona and Bouygues. Victorian Opposition leader Daniel Andrews has refused to say if Labor will …

East West Link: Victorian Government defends project's cost-benefit
10 years, 8 months ago

East West Link: Victorian Government defends project's cost-benefit

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Reports that the cost-benefit analysis for the East West Link road project does not stack up has been rejected by the Victorian Government. Fairfax media has reported the Government's own modelling shows the state would recoup only 73 cents for every dollar spent on the project. The Government's summary of the project's business case shows a cost-benefit ratio of $1.40 …

East West Link: Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy approves eastern section of link
10 years, 9 months ago

East West Link: Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy approves eastern section of link

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Final approval has been given to the eastern section of Melbourne's East West Link by Victoria's Planning Minister Matthew Guy. Mr Guy said it was now up to the project's proponent, the Linking Melbourne Authority, to submit its modified plans to the Government. "There have been a number of requirements and conditions that have been put on this project," Mr …

Melbourne East West Link: Federal Government confirms $1.5b spending on road project
10 years, 11 months ago

Melbourne East West Link: Federal Government confirms $1.5b spending on road project

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The Federal Government has confirmed it will contribute $1.5 billion towards the second stage of Melbourne's East West link road project. The Victorian Government's road project is an 18-kilometre underground tunnel joining the Eastern Freeway to the Western Ring Road. "It's not clear at all that there is any economic justification for investing so much money into the East West …

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