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There are likely to be an extra 20,000 cars on weekdays on the Anzac Bridge when WestConnex is built.

State Government business case reveals increased traffic congestion on roads that are already struggling to cope

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There are likely to be an extra 20,000 cars on weekdays on the Anzac Bridge when WestConnex is built.

There are likely to be an extra 20,000 cars on weekdays on the Anzac Bridge when WestConnex is built.

Inner West Courier: State Government business case reveals increased traffic congestion on roads that are already struggling to cope. Deborah FitzGerald  November 24, 2015

There are likely to be an extra 20,000 cars on weekdays on the Anzac Bridge when WestConnex is built. Continue reading “State Government business case reveals increased traffic congestion on roads that are already struggling to cope” »

WestConnex Business Case Just One Big Con

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No WestConnex Public Transport: Media Release  20 November 2015 

The “Strategic” Business Case for the 35-kilometre series of WestConnex Tollways has finally been released. It has no attributed author. The total cost is now predicted to be $16.8 billion. When it was announced in October 2012, the original cost of WestConnex was $10 billion. How high will these costs go? Continue reading “WestConnex Business Case Just One Big Con” »

Transport Forum in Alexandria calls for urgent solutions to burdened system

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Alex-484x317AltMedia: Transport Forum in Alexandria calls for urgent solutions to burdened system By Kenji Sato (October 22, 2015)

Local Alexandria residents have raised concerns that the state government is not doing enough to address the increasing burden on Sydney’s transport networks. Continue reading “Transport Forum in Alexandria calls for urgent solutions to burdened system” »

Friends of Erskineville president Darren Jenkins said locals are often unsure if they will be able to board overcrowded trains at peak periods. Source: Ryan Quinn

Bypassing Erskineville

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Friends of Erskineville president Darren Jenkins said locals are often unsure if they will be able to board overcrowded trains at peak periods. Source: Ryan Quinn

Friends of Erskineville president Darren Jenkins said locals are often unsure if they will be able to board overcrowded trains at peak periods. Source: Ryan Quinn

Inner West Independent: Bypassing Erskineville July 23, 2015

More than 100 angered Erskineville residents have united at the suburb’s town hall to end uncertainty over the future of trains to Erskineville and St Peters stations. Continue reading “Bypassing Erskineville” »

WestConnex: the road to ruin is paved with more roads

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FreewaySMH: WestConnex: the road to ruin is paved with more roads. Elizabeth Farrelly (January 29, 2015)

Wherever you look it seems the boofheads are back in charge. And I don’t just mean Abbott’s bizarre elevation of militarists and monarchs. (Defenders of Sir Prince are conspicuously absent, yet I should point out in his defence that his single spoken syllable in my presence thoroughly befits an Aussie knight, being an imperative, “beer!”) Continue reading “WestConnex: the road to ruin is paved with more roads” »

Two days, two cities, one struggle

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It was the weekend the Baird Coalition Government – three months out from the NSW state elections – ran into a rising tide of community opposition. On Saturday 13 December, inner Sydney residents gathered at Simpson Park, St Peters, and blocked Campbell Street in a protest against the madness of the WestConnex motorway proposal. The Read more about Two days, two cities, one struggle[…]