Western Ring Route

The main Herald story has details:

  • $1.4 billion cost
  • 48 km long
  • Only 200 extra homes affected on of 160 affected by twin tunnels
  • twin tunnels would have needed a boring machine to be imported costing $50 million
  • Estimated of completing ring route is $840 million a year
  • Oakley Creek, a beauty spot, not to be largely unaffected
  • New motorway will have room for an extra lane if needed, and room for

The Herald editorial though calls for the Waterview route to be abandoned for a Rosebank route.

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