Motorists using surface roads in Sydney’s inner west have endured slow trips while those exiting the WestConnex tunnels have enjoyed clearer runs.
The febrile hunt for profiteers in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis meant Australia’s largest companies had to worry about the potentially disastrous consequences of doing too well.
In view of what has transpired,the NSW state government has to publish the traffic modelling that must have been done at the time the now-notorious Rozelle interchange was being designed.
Documents show multiple warnings about the blind spot and dangerous traffic light sequencing at the intersection where 22-year-old Angus Collins died were not properly addressed.
One motorist about to head into a tunnel tried to reverse out of Australia’s most complex underground junction,which opened on Sunday.
If the Yes campaign wants to win over undecided voters,it needs to show them - not tell them how to vote
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said the decision would open the door for a new operator to compete against Transurban,which has a grip over the nation’s toll roads.
Transurban only became the world’s wealthiest toll-road Frankenstein because our state governments are strapped for cash.
The Victorian government has told the competition watchdog CityLink’s owner Transurban will become too powerful if it is allowed to buy EastLink and gain a toll roads monopoly in Melbourne.
As Transurban’s grip on south-east Queensland looks set to tighten,it’s time the government did some squeezing of its own.
Valiant in defeat,the Matildas showed teamwork,skills and sheer tenacity the equal of any team,male or female.