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No WestCONnex

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No Westconnex: Public Transport (NoWPT), talking about 33km of Sydney's #WestCONnex toll road scam. Stop the tolls - public and active transport first.

 Sydney, Australia
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Having a city based on driving around in tunnels was always going to cost a mint. And privatising the whole thing was only going to make it worse. Get ready Sydney for some minor tinkering around the edges of all the previous mistakes. cityhub.com.au/sydney-is-the…

Sydney Is The World's Most Tolled City, But Tolls Could Be Getting Lower

Sydney could expect lower tolls as the NSW government negotiates a fairer pricing system with Transurban, the city's main toll road operator.

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Western Sydney commuters are getting bilked by huge tolls on #WestCONnex. Privatisation and the fact that cars are the most expensive and inefficient way to move large numbers of commuters is the reason. sbs.com.au/news/article/the-…

The 'eye-watering' annual toll fees many of this state's drivers are paying

Almost 1,000 of this state's drivers are spending over $10,000 a year to use toll roads.

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Transport emissions are rising fast and outweighing the gains in other areas. #WestCONnex car-centric cities are the wrong way forward.
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Tony Shepherd and Maryanne Graham helped wreck Sydney with the #WestCONnex motorway plans. A power couple who used their power for their corporate mates. No sympathy. dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n…
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The last 15 years of Sydney's #WestCONnex has wasted tens of billions of dollars only to make congestion worse. sydney.edu.au/business/news-…
Funnelling congestion: How Sydney exacerbated congestion after spending tens of billions on...

Funnelling congestion: How Sydney exacerbated congestion after spending tens of billions on...

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The shame goes on both the LNP and Labor, who knew full well the whole CON of #WestCONnex and were told loud and clear by the community that it must stop. At least 12 people were arrested for trying to stop it.
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EcoTransit NSW@transitsyd3 Apr 2024
Labor's Transport Oriented Development proposal assumes that we actually built excellent rail transport already, and we just need to build homes near it. Unfortunately history shows us a lot of it got ripped up and neglected over an 80 year period. greenleft.org.au/content/cit…
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Car dependency inducing WestConnex runs totally contrary to government aims to increase density. Density can't be increased when everyone gets around in a two-tonne lounge room with a 3-seater sofa, 2 armchairs, 300 L of storage space and a hifi system. smh.com.au/national/nsw/up-t…
Up to 4000 new homes at risk: The knock-on effect of Rozelle interchange chaos

Up to 4000 new homes at risk: The knock-on effect of Rozelle interchange chaos

The state’s transport agency is under fire for putting in place measures that divert traffic onto key inner Sydney roads and local streets.

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The sinkhole will take a while to fix, sure, but not nearly as long as it will take to fix the huge hole in people's wallets to pay the expensive tolls and generations of costly car dependency. smh.com.au/national/nsw/how-…

How long it will take to stabilise the sinkhole above Sydney motorway tunnels

The sinkhole has forced authorities to review the budget and delivery time for the underground motorway project in southern Sydney.

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Michael Dandy@mickyd4410 Mar 2024
Sydney motorists will pay $195 billion in tolls for projects that favour private companies over drivers, report finds abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/n… @Wendy_Bacon @jennyleong @AlboMP @paulinelockie @nowestconnex @WestConnexAG @IWCouncil

Per-kilometre tolls, two-way harbour fee and new 'TollCo' recommended by review

An independent review has found that Sydney's tolls are putting the finances of private companies ahead of drivers, who are set to fork out $195 billion over the next 36 years.

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#arrogance
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Why? Because building a car dependent city is expensive. drive.com.au/news/household-…

Household transport costs skyrocketed in 2023

Transport costs for Australian households have more than tripled compared to the national inflation rate, increasing cost-of-living pressures.

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The reason #WestCONnex was built in the first place was profits, not people. If price, efficiency, speed, the environment and fairness had been the top considerations, it would've been trains, not a road. smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-…

The reason tolled traffic at Rozelle Interchange is given priority

Motorists using surface roads in Sydney’s inner west have endured slow trips while those exiting the WestConnex tunnels have enjoyed clearer runs.

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This inquiry needs to go deep and ask hard questions about how #WestCONnex got approved in the first place. It needs people like Nick Greiner, Barry O'Farrell and Mike Baird to appear. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/prob…

Problem-plagued Rozelle Interchange to be scrutinised by parliamentary inquiry

The NSW Labor government says it will co-operate with an inquiry into the troubled Rozelle Interchange, but the opposition says it is a witch-hunt.

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Former NSW government accused of ‘pork barrelling at public’s expense’ after scathing audit theguardian.com/australia-ne… @Wendy_Bacon @jennyleong @paulinelockie @WestConnexAG @nowestconnex @IWCouncil @AlboMP

Former NSW government accused of ‘pork barrelling at public’s expense’ after scathing audit

The $5bn post-pandemic spending program ‘not informed by robust research or analysis’ auditor general finds

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News services are still not prepared to admit the blooming obvious: this sinkhole is caused by the M6 tunnelling happening directly underneath. smh.com.au/national/nsw/emer…

Emergency services pour concrete into sinkhole to shore up Sydney building

The 10-metre-wide hole opened up at an office block in an industrial park in Rockdale on Friday morning, at a site above the M6 tunnel construction.

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The real lesson to be learned from the asbestos scandal: greenleft.org.au/content/cor…
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Michael Dandy@mickyd4429 Jan 2024
NSW watchdog failed to act on contamination risk despite ‘damning’ asbestos findings theguardian.com/australia-ne… @Wendy_Bacon @jennyleong @ChrisMinnsMP @AlboMP @nowestconnex @iwc @paulinelockie

NSW watchdog failed to act on contamination risk despite ‘damning’ asbestos findings

Exclusive: environmental regulator has known for more than a decade that contaminated soil fill might have been used in childcare centres, schools and parks

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The #WestConnex Rozelle interchange can't be 'fixed'. The best we can do is to build and incentivise public and active transport alternatives, and to hold those responsible for this tollmania scam responsible. smh.com.au/national/nsw/wors…
‘Worse than before Christmas’: Further tweaks to be made to Rozelle interchange as gridlock returns

‘Worse than before Christmas’: Further tweaks to be made to Rozelle interchange as gridlock returns

Roads Minister John Graham says changes to the new Rozelle interchange over the holidays had transferred the problem further up Victoria Road, making the commute worse for some.

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#WestCONnex doesn't make the city run any better, it just shuffles peoples position in the queue around and charges them for the privilege. What an utter failure. smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-…

The changes that will make Rozelle Interchange the ultimate ‘queue jumper’

The speed limit in WestConnex is set to be increased despite chronic congestion on the roads above the interchange.

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