Residents launch fresh legal attack on EPA over toxic West Gate soil
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Residents launch fresh legal attack on EPA over toxic West Gate soil

West Gate Tunnel faces fifth legal challenge,putting even more pressure on one of the Andrews government’s signature infrastructure projects which is already running at least two years late.

  • byTimna Jacks

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West Gate Tunnel project faces $4b blowout amid contaminated soil crisis
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West Gate Tunnel project faces $4b blowout amid contaminated soil crisis

The tolling giant building the West Gate Tunnel claims the cost of the project has blown out by a further $1 billion to a total of $11 billion,more than double the original estimate.

  • byTimna Jacks
Tripling of truck traffic leaves Ombudsman asking government for answers

Tripling of truck traffic leaves Ombudsman asking government for answers

The Victorian Ombudsman is probing the Andrews government amid allegations it is failing to alleviate worsening truck traffic in Melbourne’s inner-west caused by a new toll road,the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel.

  • byTimna Jacks
Tree chop underestimated by 80 per cent on North East Link
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Tree chop underestimated by 80 per cent on North East Link

Builders of the $16 billion North East Link underestimated tree canopy loss by as much as 80 per cent,a secret government-commissioned audit of the toll road reveals.

  • byTimna Jacks
Big Build’s transport blowouts are costing $5m a day

Big Build’s transport blowouts are costing $5m a day

Big transport projects have blown out by $3.8 billion in just two years,with the state government saying the increase mirrors what’s happening internationally.

  • byTimna Jacks andClay Lucas
Victorian road and rail network in line for $3b budget boost

Victorian road and rail network in line for $3b budget boost

The federal government’s pandemic recovery package includes funds for a massive new freight terminal designed to remove thousands of trucks from Melbourne’s clogged roads every day.

  • byRob Harris
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Third council joins legal fight to stop West Gate Tunnel soil dumping

Third council joins legal fight to stop West Gate Tunnel soil dumping

Hume is the latest council to pursue Planning Minister Richard Wynne in the Supreme Court over plans to dump 3 million tonnes of soil contaminated with potentially carcinogenic chemicals.

  • byTimna Jacks
‘Fix the Calder Freeway’:Councils call for upgrade as congestion worsens

‘Fix the Calder Freeway’:Councils call for upgrade as congestion worsens

Brimbank mayor Ranka Rasic said the Calder Freeway needed works to safely accommodate the booming population in Melbourne’s fringe.

  • byRachel Eddie
Landowners lose court battle over Western Highway project

Landowners lose court battle over Western Highway project

MairiAnne and Iona Mackenzie first took the government to court in 2016 to stop the acquisition of part of their land and the felling of historic trees. On Wednesday,all their grounds for appeal were rejected.

  • byTimna Jacks
State’s ‘Big Build’ under scrutiny as price tag hits $81b

State’s ‘Big Build’ under scrutiny as price tag hits $81b

The size of Victoria’s infrastructure pipeline has more than doubled since Premier Daniel Andrews took power in 2014,growing to nearly 100 projects and costing taxpayers a total of $81 billion.

  • byTimna Jacks
Second site approved to take toxic soil from $6.7b West Gate Tunnel project

Second site approved to take toxic soil from $6.7b West Gate Tunnel project

Bacchus Marsh landfill site Maddingley Brown Coal is the latest to be approved to receive huge amounts of toxic rock and soil from the controversial project.

  • byTimna Jacks