FAMILIES will be forced to own up to four cars for the next 25 years unless the State Government improves public transport in Melbourne’s east and south-east.
So says the Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC) of councils, which includes Greater Dandenong, after it handed yet another list of requests to the State Government when cabinet ministers visited EastLink corridor suburbs last week.
ETC chairman Mick Van De Vreede said the group had handed in its response to the Eddington Report, which proposes stronger east to west transport links in Melbourne.
“The ETC supports the rail tunnel as proposed by Sir Rod Eddington but believes that we need a comprehensive and long term plan for a significant expansion in the city’s public transport infrastructure,” Cr Van De Vreede said.
“A proper plan for improving all of Melbourne’s public transport would include the immediate undertaking of feasibility studies and business cases for rail to Rowville, rail to Doncaster and the expansion of capacity of Belgrave/Lilydale lines.
“Plans for rail to Rowville and rail to Doncaster have been around since at least 1969, it’s about time they were delivered on. The fact is that we have recently seen a once in a generation step up in roads delivered in the east in the form of EastLink and now it’s time to give public transport a go.”
The ETC also called for the rail triplication between Dandenong and Caulfield to happen sooner rather than later; for ‘passenger comfort’ improvements to stations, shelters and other transit related facilities.
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