Transport

Candidates for Canada Bay Council election announced

Canada Bay Greens are fielding a diverse team of candidates for the upcoming Council elections on 9 September. Heading the team is Charles Jago who is also running as the Greens mayoral candidate.  He is supported Alysha Hardy, James Okeby, Pauline Tyrrell and Steve Maxwell. During the 30 years Charles has lived in the Council …

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Forced WestConnex home acquisitions unfair

Despite a finding by a parliamentary committee, for the past 3 years, the NSW Government has known that the process for valuing homes forcibly acquired for major infrastructure projects – including WestConnex – is unfair to home owners. As reported in the Sydney Morning Herald (p1) this morning a parliamentary committee chaired by Liberal MP …

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EIS Reveals More Congestion After WestConnex is Built

Greens MP and Transport Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has responded to the Environmental Impact Statement released for the M4 East Widening Stage of the WestConnex toll road. Dr Faruqi said: “The widening will just shift the bottleneck of the M4 a few kilometres further down the road. Even if motorists have a faster run …

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Secret report condemns “addiction to roads”

Greens MP and NSW Spokesperson for Roads, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has commented on a leaked Infrastructure Australia report that describes the proposed NSW Government’s NorthConnex and WestConnex  tollways as  a “hideously inefficient” spending on national roads. Dr Faruqi said, “The Roads Minister would do well to listen to Infrastructure Australia, who have long had questions …

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