Dozens of property owners fight for West Gate Tunnel compensation

Dozens of property owners fight for West Gate Tunnel compensation

The state government has not ruled out heading to court to battle home owners who believe they are owed compensation over the tunnel being built below their homes.

  • byRachel Eddie

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Draft road safety plan lacks ambition,say experts

Draft road safety plan lacks ambition,say experts

Experts slam the federal government’s draft road safety plan,saying it could move Australia’s ranking from 15th in the OECD to 25th by 2030.

  • byJulie Power
Three charged after teenage girl dies in Hoppers Crossing car rollover

Three charged after teenage girl dies in Hoppers Crossing car rollover

A 15-year-old girl has died after the car she was a passenger in careered off the road in Melbourne’s south-western suburbs.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
Victoria drizzle sets in as NSW battered with rainfall,flooding

Victoria drizzle sets in as NSW battered with rainfall,flooding

Victoria can expect temperatures in the low 20s for the next few days,with rain to be consistent company across the state.

  • byAshleigh McMillan
Traffic on Punt Road worse than before pandemic as public transport shunned

Traffic on Punt Road worse than before pandemic as public transport shunned

With many commuters reluctant to take public transport,traffic on Melbourne’s arterial roads is now more congested than it was before the coronavirus.

  • byTimna Jacks
Liquidator probes claim road upgrade company traded while insolvent

Liquidator probes claim road upgrade company traded while insolvent

The director of Civilink,which owes $20 million after going broke while working on the Western Roads Upgrade,may be protected from charges by a COVID-19 legal loophole.

  • byTimna Jacks
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Horror long weekend on Victoria’s roads with four deaths,major road closed

Horror long weekend on Victoria’s roads with four deaths,major road closed

Four men have died in separate collisions across Victoria on the long weekend,while another four people have been taken to hospital following a crash in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andRachael Dexter
Road to nowhere? Roundabout revamp could be a waste,say angry locals

Road to nowhere? Roundabout revamp could be a waste,say angry locals

The Andrews government will build an oversized intersection in the bushland suburb of Eltham to solve a traffic problem that locals say is already being fixed by building the state’s most expensive road.

  • byTimna Jacks
Bike lane backlash needs to back-pedal
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Bike lane backlash needs to back-pedal

The plan for 100 kilometres of pop-up bicycle lanes in Melbourne has angered some,but it makes sense.

  • byJon Faine
‘Substantial overruns’:Road toll giant pushes back West Gate Tunnel completion date
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‘Substantial overruns’:Road toll giant pushes back West Gate Tunnel completion date

Transurban says the West Gate Tunnel project will no longer be completed by 2023 because of the difficulty of dealing with 3 million tonnes of contaminated soil.

  • byTimna Jacks
Andrews government taken to court over West Gate Tunnel soil

Andrews government taken to court over West Gate Tunnel soil

The Andrews government is being sued by a group of residents in Melbourne’s west over plans to dump PFAS-contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel in a landfill located close to homes and a school.

  • byTimna Jacks