Roads
Why light rail would turn Parramatta Road into the next George Street
Three Sydney mayors are throwing their support behind plans to transform downtrodden Parramatta Road with a new light-rail line.
- by Megan Gorrey
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Road safety
The NSW suburbs where drivers are most rewarded for their behaviour
More than 1 million motorists have been rewarded for driving safely for 12 months, but road safety experts question how the measure saves lives.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Opinion
Unthinking privatisation leaves much mess to be cleaned up
Private road toll companies have rights, but they don’t have the right to impose on the people of NSW and their government an unfair and unsustainable arrangement lasting forever.
- by Ross Gittins
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Victorian Parliament
Council fights for more compensation for tennis courts lost to North East Link
A local council has taken the Victorian government to court to fight for tens of millions of dollars more in compensation.
- by Rachel Eddie
Giant pothole leaves thousands of people on edge
A NSW council has had to slash its budget, cancel events and sell its own land to make ends meet after suffering 15 natural disasters in just five years.
- by Catherine Naylor
P-turns were meant to revolutionise Hoddle Street traffic – but didn’t
A multimillion-dollar overhaul of some of Melbourne’s busiest intersections failed to improve traffic flow anywhere near what was expected.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Lachlan Abbott
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Melbourne
$13b later: How CityLink became toll giant’s best moneymaker in the world
Motorists have paid nearly $13 billion to drive on CityLink since it opened 24 years ago – and they’re going to pay billions more, with prices rising up to three times faster than inflation.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Fixing NSW roads will cost $2.8 billion. See how much your council needs
Sydney metropolitan councils need almost $500 million to repair local roads. The bill for one council leapt by nearly 200 per cent.
- by Max Maddison
Why you’ll be waiting a bit longer for this new Sydney motorway
Sinkholes that opened up at one of the project’s sites three months ago are forcing contractors to look at redesigning a tunnel for the M6 in the city’s south.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
‘Truckification’ of family car creates culture of menacing driving, motorists say
A majority of Sydney motorists believe the drivers of large utes and SUVs have bad and dangerous attitudes towards driving.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Victoria
More trucks on roads feared as long-promised freight hub in Melbourne’s west put on ice
Premier Jacinta Allan once said the Western Intermodal Freight Terminal should be the ‘first cab off the rank’ to be built. Her government has deferred it indefinitely.
- by Kieran Rooney