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Council fights for more compensation for tennis courts lost to North East Link
A local council has taken the Victorian government to court to fight for tens of millions of dollars more in compensation.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Giant pothole leaves thousands of people on edge
A NSW council has had to slash its budget, cancel events and sell its own land to make ends meet after suffering 15 natural disasters in just five years.
- by Catherine Naylor
P-turns were meant to revolutionise Hoddle Street traffic – but didn’t
A multimillion-dollar overhaul of some of Melbourne’s busiest intersections failed to improve traffic flow anywhere near what was expected.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Lachlan Abbott
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Melbourne
$13b later: How CityLink became toll giant’s best moneymaker in the world
Motorists have paid nearly $13 billion to drive on CityLink since it opened 24 years ago – and they’re going to pay billions more, with prices rising up to three times faster than inflation.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Fixing NSW roads will cost $2.8 billion. See how much your council needs
Sydney metropolitan councils need almost $500 million to repair local roads. The bill for one council leapt by nearly 200 per cent.
- by Max Maddison
Why you’ll be waiting a bit longer for this new Sydney motorway
Sinkholes that opened up at one of the project’s sites three months ago are forcing contractors to look at redesigning a tunnel for the M6 in the city’s south.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
‘Truckification’ of family car creates culture of menacing driving, motorists say
A majority of Sydney motorists believe the drivers of large utes and SUVs have bad and dangerous attitudes towards driving.
- by Andrew Taylor
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Victoria
More trucks on roads feared as long-promised freight hub in Melbourne’s west put on ice
Premier Jacinta Allan once said the Western Intermodal Freight Terminal should be the ‘first cab off the rank’ to be built. Her government has deferred it indefinitely.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Victoria
The West Gate Tunnel is years delayed and $4b over budget. Now its builders are suing
The West Gate Tunnel Project’s builders have blamed the project’s engineers for design errors that led to cost blowouts and a three-year delay.
- by Patrick Hatch
A smoother bus ride is on the way to one of Sydney’s busiest CBDs
Construction on a new hub for 165 electric buses in Sydney’s north is due to start early next year.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
‘Impossible to sleep or work’: How roadworks made Noel’s life a misery
The NSW transport agency appreciates its construction projects can impact residents, but Noel Painton Smith and her neighbours say a major highway upgrade is damaging their homes and health.
- by Andrew Taylor