1. The proposed WestCONnex route is changing.
2. Financing to build WestCONnex will come from selling the right to toll roads.
But opposition is growing!
Private lobby group the Committee for Sydney, representing a cross-section of the community from councils to cultural organisations, is calling for federal funding for mass transit/public transport systems instead of only urban roads to address Sydney’s growing transport needs.
And inner west councils Marrickville, Ashfield, Leichhardt and City of Sydney councils have all expressed concerns about, or refused to sign, UrbanGrowth's memorandum of understanding on WestCONnex. This highlights the community's increasing awareness that what's needed is better public transport and planning.
Pressure does work...
The fact that the NSW Roads Minister agreed to move the WestCONnex route away from Ashfield Park, in order to defeat a Senate inquiry into WestCONn development, shows that political pressure does work!
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