Responding to questions today about whether the Suburban Rail Loop could provide value for money – issues also raised by the independent Victorian Auditor-General and the Parliamentary Budget Office – Treasurer Tim Pallas said: “there are no blue seats along the alignment of the Suburban Rail Loop for a reason”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This confirms the $216 billion Suburban Rail Loop is nothing more than a duplicitous political ploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following a faux community consultation process, which withheld plans for suburban skyscrapers from SRL East communities, Labor has concealed the project’s true cost andactively used misleading community survey questions to deceive residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This comes as communities across Melbourne’s booming north and west have seen critical infrastructure projects cut, shelved, and delayed to make room for the SRL and its suspected $6.9 billion pre-construction blowout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These include the Airport Rail and its new station at Keilor East, the electrification of trains to Melton and Wyndham Vale, the Geelong Fast Rail, and long-promised upgrades to the Calder Freeway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shadow Minister for Transport Infrastructure, David Southwick, said: “After a decade in power, the Allan Labor Government wants to cut crucial projects right across Victoria, just so they can use generation’s worth of infrastructure funding to persist with the SRL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Labor continues to treat Melbourne’s outer suburban communities with contempt and with debt hitting a record high, the Allan Labor Government is more than happy to cut billions of dollars due to its financial mismanagement.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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