Should’ve read the WestConnex Claus.
Chronic congestion on local roads in the last few weeks overshadowed the opening of a 10-hectare parkland on Sunday above the Rozelle interchange.
The number of vehicles on NSW roads is growing by about 100,000 per year. The road system can’t catch up,so it’s time to change tack.
In a bid to breathe new life into Leichhardt Oval,the Inner West Council is seeking help to fund a renovation of outdated facilities. It has a novel solution for where to find the money.
A crowd of more than 250 people attended a fiery public meeting at Balmain Town Hall in Sydney’s inner west on Thursday night.
The last NSW government quietly ditched a plan that may have gone a long way towards alleviating the peak-hour gridlock blighting the Rozelle interchange. The Minns government needs to get it back on the table immediately.
The interchange was built primarily to funnel traffic in and out of the for-profit WestConnex toll road. So traffic approaching Anzac Bridge from Victoria Road was always going to suffer.
The plan would have enabled greater capacity for commuters who are now jammed in bottlenecks approaching Anzac Bridge as a result of the opening of the Rozelle interchange.
Every day,convicted murderers,rapists and child molesters walk out of Australia’s jails after serving their sentences. Some are rehabilitated whilst others reoffend. This is part of the crime and punishment system that operates in Australia today.
It is amazing that the planners in Sydney haven’t woken up to the fact that building more,and wider,roads into the city causes more cars to enter the city.
Bottlenecks at the base of Victoria Road and City West Link have plagued bus commuters and motorists for a week.