Yep fattening the pig for sale. Design a shitty highway, draw traffic into it, then sell off it, and the finance guys are happy, while the commuters pay both the tolls and from the other traffic around the city.
A train tunnel would bring so much more value... sigh...
@Rentlar A train tunnel has been built under the harbour & will be opening soonish.
@erkpod @Rentlar Really hoping that opens before the Wallabies matches start this year. Getting current public transport home means at the final transport change I have to wait for busses that only come every hour, and I ALWAYS get there < 5 minutes after the last bus left.
The metro will get me close enough to home it’s just a casual stroll. And is SO much more regular at all hours.
@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars So when are they going to have the courage to close the City West Link and most of Victoria Road through Rozelle? You shouldn't be using those "streets" unless you're local (or a bicycle).
We're halfway to solving these stroads. Let's do it.
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