Fix level crossings first: poll      

Date
    June 25, 2014


Fixing Victoria’s level crossings is the highest infrastructure priority for the state, ahead of the western section of the East West Link and a Melbourne metro rail tunnel, according to voters.      

In a worrying sign for the Napthine government trying to sell an infrastructure agenda that places the East West Link as a top priority, The Age/Nielsen poll of 1000 voters found that 45 per cent of voters backed upgrades of level crossings ahead of the Melbourne Metro tunnel (30 per cent) and the western section of the East West Link (20 per cent) as the highest priority for the state’s infrastructure agenda.

While the government has completed some level crossing removals and is working on more, Labor has promised to remove 50 level crossings if it wins November’s state poll.

Plans to build the western section of the East West Link between Parkville to the Western Ring Road at a cost of up to $10 billion were unveiled at May's state election and forms a key part of the government's re-election pitch.


Work on the road is slated to start late next year and finished by 2023.




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