Unthinking privatisation leaves much mess to be cleaned up
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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.

  • byRoss Gittins

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Council fights for more compensation for tennis courts lost to North East Link

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.

  • byRachel Eddie
Giant pothole leaves thousands of people on edge

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.

  • byCatherine Naylor
P-turns were meant to revolutionise Hoddle Street traffic – but didn’t

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.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andLachlan Abbott
$13b later:How CityLink became toll giant’s best moneymaker in the world
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$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.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Fixing NSW roads will cost $2.8 billion. See how much your council needs

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.

  • byMax Maddison
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Why you’ll be waiting a bit longer for this new Sydney motorway

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.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
‘Truckification’ of family car creates culture of menacing driving,motorists say

‘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.

  • byAndrew Taylor
More trucks on roads feared as long-promised freight hub in Melbourne’s west put on ice
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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.

  • byKieran Rooney
The West Gate Tunnel is years delayed and $4b over budget. Now its builders are suing
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Victoria

The West Gate Tunnel is years delayed and $4b over budget. Now its builders are suing

The West Gate Tunnel Project’s builders have blamed the project’s engineers for design errors that led to cost blowouts and a three-year delay.

  • byPatrick Hatch
A smoother bus ride is on the way to one of Sydney’s busiest CBDs

A smoother bus ride is on the way to one of Sydney’s busiest CBDs

Construction on a new hub for 165 electric buses in Sydney’s north is due to start early next year.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan