More than a dozen residents told the panel today about the direct impacts the East West Link will have on their homes, families and lives. Christine Di Muccio, who lives with her family in Parkville West, described to the panel the day she and her husband let their children cross Manningham Street to play in […]
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Lack of transport planning dominates the day
By Andrew Herington The failure of the Napthine Government to have updated the 2008 Victorian Transport Plan was the repeated theme of the six submissions today from transport groups. The Transport Integration Act 2009 applies to the East West Link project but transport groups say the Act’s objectives and decision making principles have been ignored in the project’s comprehensive […]
Preview of Week 6: The final lap
By Andrew Herington. The East West Link Hearings enter their last full week today with 138 submissions due to be heard over five days of sitting and one evening session. After this week, there will be one more day of individual submissions on Monday 14th and the final day of Closing Addresses from the LMA and […]
HEARINGS STRIKE CONGESTION AS SUBMITTERS QUEUE FOR THE MICROPHONE
By Andrew Herington Fourteen submissions were squeezed into Day 23 with a succession of detailed presentations on a diverse range of topics – baseball, impacts on Flemington, the use of sat-nav systems to reduce congestion, a new bike arterial to the eastern suburbs, the impact on Clifton Hill Primary School, air quality, Moonee Ponds Creek and […]
Public transport – the train in the room
By Andrew Herington. The total lack of discussion about public transport in the LMA evidence was a glaring omission. Six presentations by community members on day 22 highlighted a range of transport issues. The common theme was the lack of planning for complementary public transport and bicycle facilities and the narrow focus on a one tunnel solution. […]
LMA property acquisition tactics come under scrutiny
Tell them they’re dreaming By Andrew Herington The theme for Day 21 was the rights of homeowners and the shocking disregard LMA have had for fair process. As Ben Hardwick from Slater and Gordon pointed out – it seems like nothing has been learned from the shambolic property resumption process followed for the Regional Rail […]
EPA doesn’t stand in the way of East West Link
By Andrew Herington. It was a bad day for local residents wanting protection from increased pollution. Despite all the evidence, it seems the EPA has shut its eyes and wants to give the green light for the EWL to proceed with no variation to the conditions. On noise, the EPA argued against having any improved […]
Preview of Week 5 – Time for the community to have their say
By Andrew Herington The East West Link hearings move into their third phase this week with the community groups and individuals finally getting their turn to present their views. On Monday the EPA finish their evidence with a series of speakers on noise, energy, greenhouse gas emissions, water, groundwater and contaminated waste. The City of […]
SEVEN TRIES BUT STILL NO CLEAR ANSWERS
By Andrew Herington The LMA were given extra time on Thursday to have another go at trying to explain their traffic model predicting the Hoddle St intersection. The new figures are the seventh set of numbers for Hoddle St/ Alexandra Pde provided by the LMA (CIS Chap7, Question 21, Doc 44, Doc 59, Doc 93, […]
CALLING ALL SUBMITTERS – TIME TO FINALISE YOUR SUBMISSION
There is only one week to go until community groups and individuals take centre stage to sell their case for why the East West Link should remain just a poorly conceived and badly researched plan. It is important that all 190 submissions impress the panel and with the sort of detailed arguments that they are looking for. […]
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