[Greens-Media] Westlink is 'a noisy destructive economic lemon' - Hartland

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

Greens MLC Colleen Hartland has told Parliament the community can win the 
campaign against Westlink.

"Last night I had the first of a series of seven neighbourhood based 
meetings in the western suburbs for better public transport instead of the 
$5.3 billion WestLink nightmare," said Ms Hartland in Parliament yesterday

"The government spent 12 months -- more than 12 months, in fact -- trying 
not to give Mr Barber information about the shaky economic grounds for 
putting a dirty great road tunnel and freeway through my neighbourhood, 
and I am not surprised. Last night at the meeting, Kingsville and 
Yarraville residents were talking about what public transport, hospitals 
and schools could be created with $5.3 billion. That $5.3 billion would 
electrify and duplicate the Bacchus Marsh and Melton line 10 times over, 
it would build or renovate 1000 schools or it would build 10 new 
hospitals."

"I would like to thank the government for finally releasing the 
information after only a year's battle, because now we know the project is 
a big, dirty, noisy destructive economic lemon, and we know the community 
can defeat it."

"The local residents who came to the meeting last night are politically 
astute. They know this project has no benefit to them, and will bring more 
trucks and cars through their suburb. They want public transport, they 
want freight on rail, they want the West Gate bike punt, they want bike 
paths and they want a clean future."

Ms Hartland is planning six more community meetings, in Seddon, Footscray, 
West Footscray, Sunshine and West Sunshine.

For comment:  Colleen Hartland - 9689 6373

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Liz Ingham
Office of Colleen Hartland MLC
Western Metropolitan Region

A: 75 Victoria Street, Seddon 3011
P: 9689 6373
M: 0409 333 595
F: 9689 6227
E: elizabeth.ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au
W: http://mps.vic.greens.org.au

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