The campaign to extend the Cranbourne train line to Koo Wee Rup is back and in an election year community voices matter more than ever.
For decades residents across Cranbourne, Clyde, Clyde North and the wider south east have been calling for rail infrastructure that keeps pace with growth. Our region continues to grow rapidly yet public transport access remains limited, congestion is worsening and too many families are forced into long car commutes simply because there is no alternative.
A Victorian Parliamentary petition is now live calling on the State Government to restore and extend the Cranbourne train line to Koo Wee Rup.
Here is how the parliamentary thresholds work
• 2,000 signatures are required for a paper petition to be debated in Parliament
• 10,000 combined signatures (paper and e petition) are required for a petition that includes an e petition to be debated.
We have already passed 1,000 signatures on the e petition, which shows strong community support but we still need many more people to add their name to reach the 10,000 signature threshold required on an e petition for parliamentary debate.
This has become beyond ridiculous there is no train to KooWeeRup. One of the fastest growing areas of Melbourne the train is urgently required.
Why have local councils if the government is not going to listen to their local needs?
Transport Victoria would have known about this issue for years and have done sweet FA with the problem.
You can also add the electrification to Stony Point as a similar problem. Ballarat Line the same.
No expert but does planning really work in Victoria?
Transport Victoria what do they achieve?
Listen to the local councils they are screaming for upgrades.
You raise a good point this state feels like it is in a perpetual state of under planning and under achievement when it comes to public transport. The policies are broken or heavily influenced by politics rather than need.
Some might say there is no planning from Transport Victoria.
They were called The Department of Transport and Planning but the word “planning” has now been removed. Need I say anymore?
It would seem so when you consider the need for this extension has been ignored for over 10 years.