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Motorways Archive
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Australia more vulnerable than ever to fuel import disruptions
Posted on April 14, 2017 | No CommentsThis is because after the closure of 3 oil refineries in Sydney and Brisbane fuel imports have skyrocketed and these additional imports come from and pass through an area where […] -
NorthConnex road tunnel contract signed only days after US$ 150-200 oil price warnings in Davos
Posted on February 10, 2015 | No CommentsThis post is for the record, to be used later in this website’s I-told-you-so menu. $3 billion NorthConnex tunnel contract signed and ground broken Fig 1: From left: NSW Roads […] -
Sydney’s risky NorthConnex tunnel will not solve congestion problem
Posted on October 10, 2014 | No CommentsFig 1: NorthConnex tunnel proposal http://northconnex.com.au/library.php The current congestion problem on Pennant Hills Rd is caused by 4 distinctive traffic flows overlapping in this narrow corridor: (a) trucks on the […] -
Sydney’s M2 toll road less busy than forecast in Transurban investor presentation of 2011
Posted on July 14, 2014 | No CommentsFig 1: M2 at Murray Farm Rd – summer evening 2013/14 The Sydney Morning Herald quotes from Transurban’s latest June 2014 ADT data that traffic on the M2 increased by […] -
M2 daily traffic growth below Transurban’s expectations
Posted on April 30, 2014 | No CommentsIn what might be an early warning sign, Transurban traffic data for the 1st quarter 2014 show that ADT on the M2 – after a 9 month ramp-up period following […] -
Australian governments want to pay $810m subsidy for unviable road tunnel in Sydney while competing rail projects under construction (part 3)
Posted on March 31, 2014 | No CommentsIn parts 1 and 2 of this series of articles on the proposed NorthConnex road tunnel we found that project related documents fail to deal with oil supply constraints and […] -
Australian governments want to pay $810m subsidy for unviable road tunnel in Sydney while Benefit Cost Ratio is low (part 2)
Posted on March 30, 2014 | No CommentsThe 1st part of this series of articles analysed that the oil supply situation will be tight by 2019 when the proposed road tunnel is supposed to open. This 2nd […] -
Australian governments want to pay $810m subsidy for unviable road tunnel in Sydney as next oil price spike looms (part 1)
Posted on March 27, 2014 | No CommentsThe Federal government refused to financially help car manufacturers and airlines, arguing that companies need to get their “house in order”. The Federal budget is deep in the red. Yet, […] -
Unsustainable Sydney: cost of using M2 toll-way grows 4 times faster than traffic
Posted on January 16, 2014 | No CommentsLatest figures for the 4th quarter of 2013 show that for a 7.5% increase of traffic over 3 years after an additional 3rd lane was opened, the cost to motorists […] -
Abbott’s roads for the 21st century will not even reduce CO2 emissions by 5% in 2020
Posted on November 18, 2013 | No CommentsThe Abbott government invited comments on the operation of the Emissions Reduction Fund with following brief: The Emissions Reduction Fund is a central element of the Australian Government’s Direct Action […]