{"id":258654,"date":"2025-07-29T15:59:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T05:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=258654"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T06:00:02","slug":"the-north-east-link-is-worse-than-the-suburban-rail-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=258654","title":{"rendered":"The North East Link is worse than the Suburban Rail Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tom Elliott from 3AW conveniently fails to mention on his extreme right wing radio show the North East Link project<\/a> already at $26B and going higher with an initial marginal business case at $10B will be the largest project to drain the Victorian Taxpayer in 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project is so environmentally damaging the government is playing such a low key approach to the project. The Hurstbridge railway line (already closed for 2 months this year) is collateral damage and another by product of a failed transport policy,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only recently toxic chemicals from the site have been seen in creeks<\/a> damaging the environment. It has been reported over 70,000 trees have been removed from the area an disaster for birds and other wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is mentioned the total project cost for construction may exceed $32B for a tunnel and road no taxpayer really wanted except for a union perhaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This project is so environmentally damaging the government is playing such a low key approach to the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":258656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,47],"tags":[8054,993,7590,11298,8],"class_list":["post-258654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-rail-news","tag-3aw","tag-melbourne","tag-north-east-link","tag-tom-elliott","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t