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INFRASTRUCTURES' Study * Australia - Eddington off track
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia -The Age, by Philip Hopkins -April 28, 2008: -- With the amount of freight in Melbourne expected to grow dramatically in the next decade, the Eddington report has urged building a dedicated freight rail line - even a freight tunnel - and the use of more productive and safer trucks to avoid congestion... Two key recommendations from Sir Rod Eddington's Investing in Transport report - the 17-kilometre rail tunnel between Caulfield and Footscray, and the 18-kilometre road tunnel linking the eastern and western suburbs - form part of its potential solutions for freight. Congestion slows freight traffic, creating increased costs for business and undermining economic efficiency... The tunnels, at a cost of $18 billion, would be built over 10 to 15 years. Eddington regards the east-west road tunnel as an alternative to the West Gate Bridge, where congestion is crippling efficient road freight. Freight may also be able to share the passenger rail tunnel between Caulfield and Footscray... (Photo: Traffic congestion has a major impact on freight cost and efficiency)Labels: infrastructures
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