Almost all of Saturday, the traffic that normally goes down Dynon Road, came through the industrial park and down Childers Street. It was like this, pretty much all day.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Traffic diversion
Almost all of Saturday, the traffic that normally goes down Dynon Road, came through the industrial park and down Childers Street. It was like this, pretty much all day.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Funding plea puts east-west tunnel back on agenda - Melbourne Leader
A BRUMBY Government submission to Canberra shows Spring St is actively pursuing a road tunnel from Kensington to Clifton Hill, residents claim.
The project was first mooted in the 2008 Eddington report, but community backlash forced the government to back away from any immediate plans when it released its $38 billion Victorian Transport Plan later that year.
However, a Spring St submission to the Federal Department of the Environment indicates the tunnel would follow the completion of the $3.5 billion Westlink project, which is expected to begin in 2013.
The submission was seeking the department’s permission to proceed with the project linking Western Ring Rd with Kensington via Sunshine Rd and a new tunnel under Footscray.
The document refers to Westlink as the “immediate priority” in a “three-stage” proposal to build an 18km link between Melbourne’s western suburbs and the Eastern Freeway in accordance with the Eddington Report.
The east-west tunnel was a cornerstone of Sir Rod Eddington’s report, titled Investing in Transport...
Read the rest here - http://melbourne-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/funding-plea-puts-east-west-tunnel-back-on-agenda/
The stream of angry residents converging on the suspected site
of where the tunnel would come out.
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