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Motorways Archive
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Sydney’s Westconnex road tunnel proposal based on too many untested assumptions
Posted on November 11, 2013 | No CommentsWestconnex is claimed to become the “biggest infrastructure project in Australia” which must make sense at least until 2053, 30 years after its planned completion. Governments and financial institutions assume […] -
Sydney motorists pay 22 % more tolls for motorway widening
Posted on October 21, 2013 | No CommentsFor a modest traffic increase of 3% motorists in Sydney’s North West pay 22% more tolls after the M2 was widened from 2 lanes to 3 lanes and additional ramps […] -
Melbourne’s East West Link tunnel proposal has low benefit cost ratio and high oil price risk
Posted on September 5, 2013 | No CommentsAccording to the State government of Victoria’s “short form business case” a proposed road tunnel in Melbourne has only a benefit cost ratio of 1.4, a number which is classified […] -
Brisbane Airport Link: at the end of the road tunnel investor money flies away (part 2)
Posted on February 20, 2013 | No CommentsOnly 2 weeks after NSW infrastructure boss Nick Greiner could not answer the question how toll-way debt in Sydney can be paid back, the answer comes from another Australian capital […] -
No debt repayment plan for Sydney’s toll-ways
Posted on February 12, 2013 | No CommentsAt a recent ITLS seminar, Infrastructure NSW’s chairman Nick Greiner could not show calculations how Sydney’s existing toll-way debt, not to mention future debt from proposed new toll-ways, will ever […] -
Wanton destruction of bus ramp in Sydney continues
Posted on December 20, 2012 | No CommentsDemolition work on the M2, to make way for a 3rd car lane 9/12/2012 While the Middle East is falling apart, with yet unknown consequences for oil supplies, only 3 […] -
Australian Infrastructure bosses want more traffic on motorways
Posted on November 7, 2012 | No CommentsIn April 2009, in an energy white paper workshop in Sydney’s Crowne Plaza the participants were told not to debate peak oil but agree on an objective “Away from oil”. […] -
Transurban does not pay back its debt
Posted on August 14, 2012 | No CommentsTransurban – just like Greece – does not pay back its debt. They are jost rolling over debt, but not paying it back. Come the next credit squeeze and the […] -
Brisbane Airport Link: another tollway miracle of growing debt and assumed traffic growth (part 1)
Posted on July 6, 2012 | No CommentsSummary Brisconnections’ Airport Link is based on a financing model with increasing debt until 2026 and repayment of debt only after 2035. In the context of the evolving debt crisis […] -
Ghost traffic on US tollway hits peak oil ignorant banks and investors
Posted on June 21, 2012 | No CommentsThe Pocahontas tollway South of Richmond, Virginia, is the latest example how the combination of embellished traffic projections and a weak economy – caused by high oil prices – have […]
![Sydney’s Westconnex road tunnel proposal based on too many untested assumptions Westconnex is claimed to become the “biggest infrastructure project in Australia” which must make sense at least until 2053, 30 years after its planned completion. Governments and financial institutions assume […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Westconnex_alignment-115x115.jpg)
![Sydney motorists pay 22 % more tolls for motorway widening For a modest traffic increase of 3% motorists in Sydney’s North West pay 22% more tolls after the M2 was widened from 2 lanes to 3 lanes and additional ramps […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/M2_ADT_and-_toll_revenue_3Q_2013-115x115.jpg)
![Melbourne’s East West Link tunnel proposal has low benefit cost ratio and high oil price risk According to the State government of Victoria’s “short form business case” a proposed road tunnel in Melbourne has only a benefit cost ratio of 1.4, a number which is classified […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/East_West_Link_BCR_1pt4-115x115.jpg)
![Brisbane Airport Link: at the end of the road tunnel investor money flies away (part 2) Only 2 weeks after NSW infrastructure boss Nick Greiner could not answer the question how toll-way debt in Sydney can be paid back, the answer comes from another Australian capital […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Brisbane_airport_link_traffic_Aug_Dec_2012-115x115.jpg)
![No debt repayment plan for Sydney’s toll-ways At a recent ITLS seminar, Infrastructure NSW’s chairman Nick Greiner could not show calculations how Sydney’s existing toll-way debt, not to mention future debt from proposed new toll-ways, will ever […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Transurban_debt_maturities_Dec2012-115x115.jpg)
![Wanton destruction of bus ramp in Sydney continues Demolition work on the M2, to make way for a 3rd car lane 9/12/2012 While the Middle East is falling apart, with yet unknown consequences for oil supplies, only 3 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/M2_Epping_BusRamp_Demolition_9Dec2012_medium_resolution-115x115.jpg)
![Australian Infrastructure bosses want more traffic on motorways In April 2009, in an energy white paper workshop in Sydney’s Crowne Plaza the participants were told not to debate peak oil but agree on an objective “Away from oil”. […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Sydney_Masterplan_Wider_Motorways-115x115.jpg)
![Transurban does not pay back its debt Transurban – just like Greece – does not pay back its debt. They are jost rolling over debt, but not paying it back. Come the next credit squeeze and the […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Transurban_debt_clock-115x115.jpg)
![Brisbane Airport Link: another tollway miracle of growing debt and assumed traffic growth (part 1) Summary Brisconnections’ Airport Link is based on a financing model with increasing debt until 2026 and repayment of debt only after 2035. In the context of the evolving debt crisis […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/AirportLink_Bowen_Hills-115x115.jpg)
![Ghost traffic on US tollway hits peak oil ignorant banks and investors The Pocahontas tollway South of Richmond, Virginia, is the latest example how the combination of embellished traffic projections and a weak economy – caused by high oil prices – have […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Pocahontas_tollway_traffic_actual_vs_projected_gasoline_prices_2002_2012-115x115.jpg)