North East Link road project design to feature twin tunnels, green bridges, new cycling paths
6 years, 6 months ago

North East Link road project design to feature twin tunnels, green bridges, new cycling paths

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Bridges covered in greenery, 25 kilometres of cycling and walking paths and better noise standards will form part of the proposed $15.8 billion North East Link, plans unveiled by the Andrews Government have revealed. "There's been changes in relation to new land bridges around the trenched road around Watsonia, new noise standards, more noise walls, new upgraded cycling and walking paths," he said. The Opposition has said while it supports the idea of the road project it would instead revive the scrapped East West Link if it wins November's state election. It said without that project, traffic from the North East Link would simply add to the congestion at the city end of the Eastern Freeway.

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North East Link road project plans show dozens of homes, businesses to be acquired
5 years, 11 months ago

North East Link road project plans show dozens of homes, businesses to be acquired

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Thirty-six homes and 102 businesses will be compulsorily acquired to make way for the North East Link, documents show. "Relocation of these businesses would potentially disrupt their supply chains, customer relationships, employment bases and ability to retain staff," it said. "The displacement of these businesses may also affect the character and productivity of the automotive cluster in the precinct, with …

North East Link project will reduce crashes, deliver economic boost: Victorian Government
6 years, 9 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 …

North East Link: Eastern Freeway, Greensborough route chosen for $16.5b Melbourne road project
7 years, 3 months ago

North East Link: Eastern Freeway, Greensborough route chosen for $16.5b Melbourne road project

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The route for Melbourne's $16.5 billion 'missing road link' has been unveiled by the Victorian Government, with homes and businesses to be acquired to make way for the 26 kilometre project. Key features of North East Link 26km road project with 5km tunnel at an estimated cost of $16.5 billion Begins at Springvale Rd, Nunawading, with a massive expansion of …

North East Link: Route, tunnel options released for Melbourne's 'missing' roadway
7 years, 7 months ago

North East Link: Route, tunnel options released for Melbourne's 'missing' roadway

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Four route options have been unveiled for what has been called Victoria's highest-priority road project, Melbourne's missing North East Link, and all include expensive tunnelling and would require property acquisitions, the State Government says. Key points: Four possible routes for North East Link released Favoured option is a road and tunnel from Bulleen Road at the Eastern Freeway to Greensborough …

North-East Link: Victorian Government fast-tracks $100m for Metropolitan Ring Road planning
7 years, 10 months ago

North-East Link: Victorian Government fast-tracks $100m for Metropolitan Ring Road planning

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Next week's Victorian budget will include $100 million to start work on what has been dubbed the state's highest-priority road project, the so-called missing link in Melbourne's Metropolitan Ring Road. "This is all the money that's needed to get all of that important work done so that contracts can be signed in 2019," Premier Daniel Andrews said. 'This road must …

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 …

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: 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 …

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 …

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 …

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

Secret East West Link report forecasts increased traffic congestion on key roads
11 years, 3 months ago

Secret East West Link report forecasts increased traffic congestion on key roads

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A report prepared for a Victorian Government body has found the East West Link tunnel will lead to an increase in traffic on some of Melbourne's key roads. Fairfax media reports the secret modelling done for the Linking Melbourne Authority shows there will be a significant rise in congestion along parts of Hoddle Street and in the suburbs of Kew …

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