Road to link Melbourne's west to airport

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A NEW six-lane road has been proposed to ease congestion and provide alternative access to the airport from Melbourne's west.








Melbourne Airport spokeswoman Anna Gillett said the proposed $80 million extension of Airport Drive would allow commuters to get to the airport directly from the Western Ring Road rather than the Tullamarine freeway.

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The Victorian Department of Transport is undertaking a one-year feasibility study of a rail link to Melbourne Airport.

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A road we can survive without can be proposed and built in months. An essential rail link needs yet another study to further delay the process. I reckon there will be a second Sydney airport before there is a rail link to MEL AP.

 

[Blinky]

I'm afraid you are right.

This new road looks like a solution looking for a problem.