Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
The Labor Government will provide further support to Victoria’s taxi operators by slashing their TAC costs under changes designed to ensure a level and fairer playing field with other commercial passenger vehicles.
From 1 July, the changes will cut the annual TAC premium for taxis from $2586.10 to $510.40 in metropolitan Melbourne – a saving of more than $2000 per year – while regional taxi operators will have their premiums reduced from $1289.20 to $396.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
People in Melbourne’s south-east will get home faster and spend less time stuck in traffic, with the Andrews Labor Government to build the Mordialloc Freeway.
The Victorian Budget 2018/19 will include $75 million to upgrade the Labor Government’s Mordialloc Bypass to a four-lane freeway, removing a further three sets of traffic lights from the current design.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Work is ramping up on the new Chandler Highway Bridge, with a two-week blitz of overnight closures kicking off on Sunday.
Crews will work around the clock to install the steel beams that will support the new bridge – scheduling beam lifts at night to minimise traffic disruptions.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The Andrews Labor Government will fast track early works on a massive new $711 million Monash Freeway Upgrade Stage 2, which will add 36 kilometres of new lanes to the Monash Freeway.
Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Roads Luke Donnellan today announced that the first package of works on the project will be brought forward, funded from the $111 million saved from Stage 1 of the project.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Work on the West Gate Tunnel project will restart today, despite the Liberal-Green coalition’s attempts to stop the urgently needed alternative to the West Gate Bridge and sack hundreds of workers.
Minister for Roads Luke Donnellan and Member for Western Metropolitan Region Cesar Melhem today visited workers at the project’s northern portal site who are waiting for works to resume.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The Liberals and the Greens have today suspended construction on the West Gate Tunnel, throwing the jobs of 800 Victorians in to limbo in an unprecedented act of economic vandalism.
In a move condemned by industry and community groups, Matthew Guy and the Greens today teamed up to manipulate parliamentary powers to revoke planning approval and stop construction on the West Gate Tunnel.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The Andrews Labor Government has opened an extra lane on the Tullamarine Freeway as the CityLink Tulla Widening project nears completion.
A fourth inbound lane opened this morning along the 2km stretch between Melrose Drive and Bulla Road in time for the Monday morning peak, connecting with extra lanes opened last year between Bulla Road and the CityLink tunnels.
Posted last month by bevans
Government agencies that ask communities for their opinion on infrastructure projects and then ignore them are scared of losing control, a federal inquiry into the development of cities has been told.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
With a flash of their face, passengers flying overseas will be able to walk through Sydney Airport's international terminal to their waiting plane almost without showing their passport.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
ALL TAFE and university students would be allowed free travel on Metro Tasmania public transport services under a Greens government, party leader Cassy O’Connor said.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Victoria will be home to a second, curfew free international Airport – creating more than 200 jobs, growing our international exports and boosting the visitor economy thanks to support from the Andrews Labor Government.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
The controversially titled ‘Ferry McFerryface’ is being renamed after Transport Minister Andrew Constance was accused of lying about public support for the joke title.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Construction has begun on the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel, despite key planning approvals and legislation not having passed Parliament.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
A PENTAGON official who ran a $28 million program which investigated the existence of UFOs and aliens says he believes there is evidence that travellers from outer space have already visited earth.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
UK car sales slumped by over 11% in November, led by a startling decline in diesel sales.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
A PREFERRED route, which will increase the cost of the North East Link, has been chosen by an Andrews Government Cabinet subcommittee.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
It’s dusk and Robert Hermann is driving an eighteen-wheeler down a narrow road lined with fields and neat hedges.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
CityLink operator Transurban has been accused of imposing excessive toll invoice fees – which for a car can be up to 16 times the cost of tolled travel – to fund its own enforcement system.
Posted 5 months ago by VicRailNews
RESIDENTS living in a narrow street near a major WestConnex construction site fear the safety of children, pedestrians and local drivers will be threatened by heavy traffic caused by road diversions.
Posted 6 months ago by newsbot
The Andrews Labor Government is introducing more late-night coach services between Melbourne and major regional centres on Friday and Saturday nights to make it quicker and easier for more people to get home safe.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
Greyhound Australia has announced the company will cease the Goulburn to Canberra service, the only bus route available to residents in the area, in one week.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
The OneSKY Australia program will reduce flight delays and make travel time shorter, according to Airservices Australia chief executive Jason Harfield.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
Supersonic jets could be flying commercial passengers in the next 10 years, Virgin Australia boss John Borghetti has declared, pointing to work developing aircraft that can go between Sydney and Los Angeles in seven hours.
Posted 7 months ago by bevans
Heavy vehicle access has been improved for trucks travelling in the Outback and through the Riverland to improve the efficiency and safety of freight and livestock transportation, according to the South Australian government.
Posted 7 months ago by x31
Independent parcel delivery company, Direct Freight Express (DFE), has opened its newest depot in Gosford, NSW, bringing its national number of depots to 42.
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