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Quizzical - August 2008

Road to Ruin

August 7th 2008 22:00

Surprise! Surprise! Since the first week of tolling the number of people using Eastlink has halved! Surely the State Government is aware that people are under a great deal of financial pressure at the moment, with the price of petrol forcing many people to use Public Transport instead. It naturally had a surge in use for it's first toll-free month, but that was surely just a lot of curious people who wanted to see the results from all the roadworks that had inconvenienced them over the past 3 years.

I must admit, having been one of those curious monkeys, the tunnel under the Mullum Mullum creek is truly a great feat of modern engineering. But are people going to fork out their hard earned dollars to go through it every day? I also had the joy of cruising down towards Frankston, perplexed at the many strange pieces of 'art' adorning bridges and also standing lonely on the side of the freeway. What is up with the mini hotel in the middle of nowhere? And those tall green, leaning 'things'! What the hell are they, and how much did they pay the 'artist' to create them? All in all it wasn't a really picturesque drive. And in terms of saving time, sure, it serves it's purpose, but only by creating bottlenecks where, before it was open, didn't exist. Is the idea to create the illusion that you're going somewhere quicker when really, once you're off it, you find yourself backed up in traffic anyway?
Maybe i'm cynical, maybe it will benefit many, but will it be taken up by those who can't afford the extra dollars to travel on it? I'm not sure if it was widely known, judging by the number of people who use it now, but you could purchase Breeze tags and can have up to $60 of your tag value put back onto it after 120 days. Now they have a different deal which may still be of interest to some. I think it's a $20 tag for free.

Of course, the city's infrastructure requires huge freeways for mass transit, but i hope ConnectEast (the owners of the tollway) realise they may have just provided a community service to some and may not see a return on their investment. People are just under too much financial stress to spend money just to use a road, when they just have to be a little more patient and drive for free. Most people are under the impression that their Registration helps pay for roads. The government should stop giving too much money away to 'make friends' and look after their own interests, the people of Victoria. Who's running this circus anyway? Whoever it is, i bet they don't pay to use it!!

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