Toll road to kill off future Doncaster rail: public transport group


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He described Premier Daniel Andrews and his Roads Minister Luke Donnellan’s plan to lock out future rail proposals as “not merely short-sighted, it’s bordering on spite for the people of Manningham who spent years campaigning for a train”.


The association’s pleas to protect the rail route on the Eastern Freeway follow warnings last week from environment group Friends of Banyule, who are concerned at the impact of the toll road on parklands, rivers and open space in the area.


The group’s president Dennis O’Connell said the road expansion would prevent any future rail line down the Eastern Freeway.


“This route will take up land identified in the Doncaster Rail Study in 2014, for stations at East Kew and Bulleen, effectively preventing future construction of Doncaster Rail. Other options were not, in our view, adequately considered,” Mr O’Connell said.


The North East Link Authority has been contacted for comment.

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