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So despite climate change, Australia's federal government has just committed an extra $3.25 billion into building a toll road and a 20-lane freeway widening. (aus.social)

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So despite climate change, Australia's federal government has just committed an extra $3.25 billion into building a toll road and a 20-lane freeway widening.

For those who wonder why Aussies think toll roads are a scam (https://aus.social/@LesserAbe@lemmy.world/112405373613706682), here's a great example of why.

"Pouring an extra $3.25 billion worth of federal funds into Melbourne’s North East Link is a good use of taxpayer money, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has insisted, despite the project’s cost doubling just a few months ago.

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"The North East Link – which includes 6½ kilometres of tunnels – will stretch from Bulleen to Greensborough. It will widen the Eastern Freeway by up to 20 lanes.

"Allan revealed in December that the 10-kilometre toll road had more than doubled in cost since it was first announced.

"The toll road was initially budgeted at $10 billion and reassessed in 2019 at $15 billion. But the government revealed last year that the updated cost estimate was $26 billion."

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/federal-funding-to-boost-victorian-road-link-by-3-25-billion-20240509-p5ii7b.html

@fuck_cars #Urbanism #Auspol #Vicpol #roads #UrbanPlanning #transport #cities #Melbourne #Naarm #Victoria #Australia

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[–] ajsadauskas@aus.social [S] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

@AllNewTypeFace Of course there were.

For commuters:

* More densification around existing stations and tram lines instead of suburban sprawl.

* Upgrading buses across Melbourne to a 10-minute minimum frequency and straightening out existing bus routes.

* Rolling out high-capacity signalling and automatic train control across the Melbourne suburban rail network

* Building Metro 2 from Newport to Clifton Hill would double the number of trains that can run on the Hurstbridge and Mernda lines.

* Building the Doncaster Railway.

* Building the Heidelberg to Box Hill section of the SRL first.

* Extending the 48 tram to Doncaster and giving it dedicated lanes for more of its journey.

And then for freight, there's a bunch of things too:

* Converting more suburban lines to dual gauge.

* Converting more regional Victorian lines to standard gauge

* Electrifying regional rail and freight services

* Building more multimodal facilities near existing rail lines.

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[–] stib@aus.social 1 point 2 years ago

@ajsadauskas @AllNewTypeFace Yeah but cars though. Cars!
Gotta build that freeway that will finally solve all the traffic problems caused by the last freeway we built.

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