[Greens-Media] Public cannot be fooled on ill-thought out ‘road to nowhere’

[Walker, Nadine]

Public cannot be fooled on ill-thought out ‘road to nowhere’
Media statement, Tuesday 20 May 2014. 

Yesterday’s attempts by the state and federal government to gather support for the Roe 8 Highway extension serves as ‘a futile attempt at spruiking a costly road to nowhere that makes no sense’, said Greens MLC, Lynn MacLaren. 

“The Federal Finance Minister, the State Transport Minister and the Federal Assistant Infrastructure Minister have thrown all their political weight behind this ridiculous project, hoping to legitimise it to the general public at a press conference. 
 
“The public cannot be fooled that easily, West Australians do not want a toll road and they do not want 5km of road rammed through rare wetlands when it will not reduce congestion.

“The Federal Government plans to provide 925 million for the proposed link, that’s just shy of a billion dollars for a project that is opposed for valid reasons. We need to be transitioning from trucks to trains. We must protect the interests of Western Australians that want a sustainable future for freight and for West Australian wetlands. 

“This is simply not good enough. I will be attending a public meeting tonight at Bibra Lake Urban Farm from 7.30pm to discuss the next line of action for halting this ill-thought out plan. The community is not going to rest on this issue”.

For comment: Hon Lynn MacLaren MLC
Mobile 0403 721 951

Media liaison: Nadine Walker
Mobile 0449 189 195