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So despite climate change, Australia's federal government has just committed an extra $3.25 billion into building a toll road and a 20-lane freeway widening.

For those who wonder why Aussies think toll roads are a scam (aus.social/@LesserAbe@lemmy.wo), here's a great example of why.

"Pouring an extra $3.25 billion worth of federal funds into Melbourne’s North East Link is a good use of taxpayer money, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has insisted, despite the project’s cost doubling just a few months ago.

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"The North East Link – which includes 6½ kilometres of tunnels – will stretch from Bulleen to Greensborough. It will widen the Eastern Freeway by up to 20 lanes.

"Allan revealed in December that the 10-kilometre toll road had more than doubled in cost since it was first announced.

"The toll road was initially budgeted at $10 billion and reassessed in 2019 at $15 billion. But the government revealed last year that the updated cost estimate was $26 billion."

theage.com.au/national/victori

@fuck_cars #Urbanism #Auspol #Vicpol #roads #UrbanPlanning #transport #cities #Melbourne #Naarm #Victoria #Australia

lemmy.worldThe toll road scam: A government-made monopoly you pay for. - Lemmy.WorldThe toll road scam: A government-made monopoly you pay for. Here’s a funny-because-it’s-true take on Transurban and the poor tax it imposes, from Punter’s Politics: https://youtu.be/FlKBakPAtiw?si=G39_0GcJzSB0SSA8 [https://youtu.be/FlKBakPAtiw?si=G39_0GcJzSB0SSA8] #cars [https://aus.social/tags/cars] #roads [https://aus.social/tags/roads] #fuckcars [https://aus.social/tags/fuckcars] @fuck_cars [https://lemmy.ml/c/fuck_cars] #tolls [https://aus.social/tags/tolls] #tollroads [https://aus.social/tags/tollroads] #memes [https://aus.social/tags/memes] #funny [https://aus.social/tags/funny] #urbanism [https://aus.social/tags/urbanism] #UrbanPlanning [https://aus.social/tags/UrbanPlanning] #auspol [https://aus.social/tags/auspol] #vicpol [https://aus.social/tags/vicpol] #nswpol [https://aus.social/tags/nswpol]
Andy Wootton

@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars We have one of those. Hardly anyone locally uses it because the tolls are too expensive. It's been all disadvantage to us, getting in between us and the places we actually want to go.