Comments on: Remember the South Eastern Freeway dead end?

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 06:37:09 +0000

In reply to Number. Oops - fixed!

By: Number

Number — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 15:45:29 +0000

>>> 2018 – freeway widened to five lanes between EastLink and the South Gippsland Highway.

I think the intersection is with the South Gippsland Freeway, not the South Gippsland Highway.

By: Then, now and in between the Toorak Road level crossing - Waking up in Geelong

Then, now and in between the Toorak Road level crossing - Waking up in Geelong — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:32:11 +0000

[…] 1970 the South Eastern Freeway was extended east to Toorak Road in Kooyong, where it ended at a set of traffic lights. The “missing link” […]

By: Tom the first and best

Tom the first and best — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 06:45:25 +0000

In reply to Andrew S. Building freeways encourages people to drive, building and running decent public transport encourages people to use public transport. People don`t drive on roads that are not there or use decent public transport that isn`t there, so what is and is not built has an effect on which mode people use.

By: Photos from ten years ago: October 2009 - Waking up in Geelong

Photos from ten years ago: October 2009 - Waking up in Geelong — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:37:20 +0000

[…] Opened back in the 1990s, it was widened in stages from 2009, with the final section completed in 2018. How long until the next ‘upgrade’? […]

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 01:34:40 +0000

In reply to Jen. The funny this is that we widened the likes of Dandenong Road towards the city back in the 1960s, way before the "immigration overpopulation" argument existed.

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 01:33:23 +0000

In reply to Michael.

Here’s a piece on the 1970s Melbourne freeway revolts:

http://www.ycat.org.au/1977-the-battle-of-alexandra-parade/3/

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 01:32:29 +0000

In reply to Paul.

I’d prefer option B or C – option D was too far out, and option A funnels traffic into the city.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-08/north-east-link-four-corridor-options-compared/8782898

By: Marcus Wong

Marcus Wong — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 01:31:20 +0000

In reply to Paul.

“Salami tactics” is the name for it.

https://www.danielbowen.com/2010/11/04/freeways-salami-tactics/

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 10:06:40 +0000

Building bits at a time is the way they prefer. Look at the Dingley Bypass how it ends up at South Rd. In the years to come that intersection will be a mess. The residents in that area are already making noises about the increased traffic. The “solution” will be to build a tunnel under Bentleigh connecting this road to the Nepean and then feeding traffic up to Punt/Hoddle (where they are now amending intersections to improve flow). The next step will be to build a connector road b/w Hoddle and the Metro Ring Road to connect this up to the Hume and have a Melbourne (north-south) bypass. And there you have it – the 1969 MMBW plan coming to life bit by bit. Out of interest, do any of you have an opinion re: north-east link and do you think Option B or C would’ve been better.