[Greens-Media] Greens release toll road documents that prove it's a dud

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

Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber has released partially blanked-out 
government East West Toll Road documents showing the project is a dud, as 
he continued his VCAT battle today for transparency about the project.

"The documents show there is no tolling option that will pay for the road, 
so we will end up subsidising people to drive," said Greg Barber

"The traffic speed data in the package shows there won't be a demand for 
the toll road except for a small part of morning peak hour, so the 
government is considering induced demand and tolling roads that are 
currently free. The traffic volume data seems to contradict the 
government's statements about how many people will use the road.

"The government gave me partial access to a raft of  tolling and route 
option documents ahead of today's mediation, with most of the good bits 
blanked out, but there's enough in there to show that the toll road is a 
dud. What we need to know now is how much of a dud it is, which is why I'm 
taking the case to VCAT.

"Meanwhile, I've published all the documents on my website, so now 
everyone can see what a total dud the toll road is.

"The documents show that last August the government was considering a road 
tunnel under Rathdowne Street, connections to Victoria Street and 
Exhibition Street, off-ramps at Nicholson Street and a spaghetti junction 
at Queens Pde. I hope those options are off the table for good, but really 
the whole project is a dud and should be dropped before we end up throwing 
good money after bad," said Mr Barber

Documents are on Victorian Greens MPs Website here: 
http://vicmps.greens.org.au/content/greens-release-toll-road-documents-prove-its-dud

For comment: Greg Barber - 0433 044 771

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Liz Ingham
Office of Greg Barber MLC
Northern Metropolitan Region
Victorian Greens Leader

P: 9348 2622
M: 0409 333 595
E: elizabeth.ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au
W: http://mps.vic.greens.org.au

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