Many of us thought we would be chaining ourselves to trees in Royal Park by now. But thanks to the commitment of community campaigners and the new Labor government, we are instead celebrating the end of the East West Link. Yesterday, Premier Daniel Andrews announced a $339m deal had been finalised with the East West […]
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City of Moreland seeks legal advice on East West Link
The City of Moreland will seek legal advice on the state government’s approval of the East West Link. Three councils, the cities of Yarra, Melbourne and Moreland, affected by the East West Link voted against the road tunnel at their meetings last week. The City of Moreland was the only council to agree to seeking […]
Yarra City Council votes against EWLink
The following resolution was passed by Yarra Council on Tuesday night. Moved: Councillor Colanzi Seconded: Councillor Stone That Council: (a) notes the officer report on the Assessment Committee’s findings and report on the East West Link Comprehensive Impact Statement and the Minister for Planning determinations of 30 June 2014 on the 6 applicable approvals for the East West Link subject to […]
Don’t sign on EWLink before election, Council says
Melbourne City Council voted last night to continue its opposition to Stage 1B of the East West Link and called for the Napthine government not to sign contracts before the November state election. Six councillors supported a motion moved by Cr Rohan Leppert while five councillors including Lord Mayor Robert Doyle voted against the ten-point […]
City of Melbourne must act to avoid poor planning
The City of Melbourne must act to ensure contracts for the East West Link are not rushed through before the Victorian state election while large parts of the project, including Part B and impacts on Ross Straw Field and Parkville, remain unconfirmed and have not been rigorously assessed. In order to avoid mopping up the […]
Minister approves East West Link but final design unknown
The Minister for Planning, Matthew Guy, has approved the stage one of the East West Link but has ignored key recommendations from the planning panel to reduce impacts from the project. Mr Guy announced on Monday that he has granted relevant approvals for the project on the condition that the Linking Melbourne Authority redesign parts of the […]
What’s been said about the East West Link
Here begins a summary of the comments made about the East West Link over the past 28 days at the public hearings. More will be added to this list as the hearings wrap up today and tomorrow. What’s been said about the East West Link 1. The process has lacked rigour Three engineers told the […]
Presenters concur: CIS is inadequate
By Petra Stock A common thread of inaccuracies in the CIS ran through Thursday’s presentations on various topics including the zoo, Royal Park ecological values, climate change, agglomeration and impacts on local residents. The two presentations on the zoo by Michael Petit and me highlighted the complete lack of assessment of impacts on the zoo, […]
Personal cost of the East West Link
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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