[Greens-Media] Road tunnels: Is he with us or against us? (Vic, C Hartland MLC)

[Elizabeth.Ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au]

Greens MLC Colleen Hartland has promised to continue her campaign against 
new toll roads and road tunnels in the western suburbs, if they are 
announced by the Government next week.

"If the state government wants my open support, they can announce better 
public transport infrastructure.  If they announce roads that will destroy 
the inner suburbs, I will do all I can to campaign against them."

"If Mr Brumby announces dirty great big roads and road tunnels in the 
west, he can expect nothing more than a relentless community campaign from 
the heart of the western suburbs, from the date of his announcement, until 
the day we win.  I will campaign together with them, I will support them 
and I will speak for them in Parliament."

"If he's gutless enough to announce a road tunnel under Footscray and 
pretends there's no plan for elevated roads through people's houses, he 
won't be fooling anyone.  The West Footscray and West Sunshine community 
know the extra traffic will mean that it's only a matter of time before 
the elevated road is announced.  He'd be creating a missing link."

"We need infrastructure changes that will allow more trains on the 
Werribee, Williamstown and St Albans lines.  We need an electric train 
line to Melton and Bacchus Marsh, with a new station at Caroline Springs, 
which is economically viable."* 

"The Eddington Report recommends a rail line from Tarneit to Deer Park to 
take V-Line trains, but I've said from the word go that this needs to be 
an electric, suburban service.  This is even more relevant now the 
government has announced more urban sprawl in exactly that area.  I'm even 
prepared to give the government the benefit of the doubt on a rail tunnel 
from Footscray to Caulfield."

"If Mr Brumby announces these public transport infrastructure projects, 
I'll send him a herogram."

"But he has a choice.  Road lobby or community campaigners.  Better public 
transport or gridlock and pollution.  Services in the western suburbs or a 
huge gamble on oil prices."

"The community spoke out in support of better public transport, and 
against the road proposals, during the Eddington process.**  Next week 
we'll find out: is he with us, or against us?" said Colleen Hartland

Further comment: Colleen Hartland  9689 6373

* Interfleet Technology Report: 
http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/campaign.php?campaignn=42
** Report by Kate Wilson: 
http://www.electedgreensvictoria.org.au/mr.php?mr=531&filter=CH

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Liz Ingham
Office of Colleen Hartland MLC
Western Metropolitan Region

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