Community groundswell against tunnel
Oct 20th, 2008 by admin
The group began out of concern for the environment, a need to reduce fossil fuels, and disbelief and anger that the state government was prioritising road transportation for commuters and freight, that it was proposing to put a tunnel under a very dense residential area and, in doing so, take over public land including Holland Park and the land around the zoo.
“We’re disturbed that the government is selling the tunnel to the population of Victoria on the basis that it would assist commuters and reduce congestion, when the Eddington report is very clear that this road link is about freight transportation and the link between the port in Hastings and the ports in Melbourne”, Watkins said.
