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WestConnex: the toll road that ate Sydney – Sydney Morning Herald
The hydra-headed 33-kilometre network of mostly tunnels that burrows towards the city from the south and west has been a signature project of the Coalition’s decade…
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At a university event six years ago, the then chief executive of the Committee for Sydney, Dr Tim Williams, a man with impeccable urban planning credentials, questioned why the state government was planning a major new inner-city motorway while other global cities were intent on removing theirs.
The project he had in his sights was WestConnex. The response from then roads minister, Duncan Gay, was immediate. Gay complained angrily to the committees…
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