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M2 Archive
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M2 concession period extends into era of steep oil decline
Posted on February 1, 2012 | No CommentsWhat has been overlooked in Alan Jone’s 2GB campaign on the dumped BITRE report 117 http://ianmcpherson.com/blog/audio/jones_bitre_25-01-2012.mp3 is that concession periods of toll-ways extend far into the era of steep oil […] -
Sydney now beyond point of no return
Posted on May 9, 2011 | No CommentsOnly days after the ABC TV broadcasted an interview with IEA chief economist Fatih Birol who warned that peak oil happened in 2006 and that the world should have prepared […] -
Sydney’s RTA builds M2 exit lanes for $200 oil
Posted on April 4, 2011 | No CommentsThis is a M2 construction work update for calendar week 5/2011. Contractors have started to build exit lanes for $200 oil just as 3 parties are now fighting for oil […] -
Money in Transurban’s cashbox not enough to complete M2 widening
Posted on February 11, 2011 | No CommentsTransurban ended up with a cash balance of $370 million at end 2010. $ 275 m of that amount is money provided by banks end of last year as part […] -
Queensland Reconstruction Bonds more important than Sydney’s M2, M5 widening
Posted on January 17, 2011 | No CommentsThe Queensland Premier is calling for a re-construction task of post-war proportions. What is required is not just a re-construction but an adaptation of infrastructure to future climate change because […] -
M2 widening increases Sydney’s oil vulnerability
Posted on November 9, 2010 | No CommentsIn its final report on the M2 widening the RTA claims again that: “With reference to the M2 Upgrade project, traffic modelling across the Sydney network indicated that the proposed […] -
Quick Risk Analysis for M2 Widening (part 2)
Posted on October 29, 2010 | No CommentsThe NSW government still has not understood the risks involved when approving the M2 widening while global oil production is set to decline. Wider M2 will drive deeper into motorists’ […] -
Sydney’s RTA about to pull down public transport infrastructure (part 1)
Posted on October 25, 2010 | No CommentsSindney goes backwards in public transport. Part of the M2 widening, the RTA is about to pull down a bus ramp connecting the M2 bus lanes with Epping station. This […]