Re: [Melb] Burnley Tunnel closure

["Adam Dunning" <adamdunning@start.com.au>]

"Johann Fan" <jyf-x@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> David McLoughlin <davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz> wrote in
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> > Today and yesterday I have been reading in the online Age about the
> > closure of the new Burnley toll tunnel because of water and shifting.
> > The articles have mentioned the traffic problems this has caused.
> >
> > But there has been no mention of what the closure has done to the trams.
> > All the articles have been about the longer trips for private motorists.
> >
> > The 8-Toorak and 70-Wattle Park routes are directly affected by this.
> > Kennett even had some deal to abolish clearways in Toorak Rd to slow
> > down the No 8 trams when that tunnel opened, to encourage tram
> > passengers into their cars. The "dynamic fairway" of the Bracks regime
> > that was supposed to help the 8 trams despite Kennett's sordid deal has
> > failed to eventuate.
> >
> > Can anyone say what the effect on the trams has been with this closure?
> >
> The clearways are still there because Transurban decided not take up the
> right to remove them (I think under pressure from Batchelor). I haven't
been
> out to Toorak Rd but Swan St is pretty busy anyway from all the toll
dodgers
> normally. =) Route 70 trams still seem to run pretty much on time (as on
> time as they can be during peak hour).
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> On a different note, Connex and Bayside should now be promoting on the
radio
> during peak hours to remind drivers there is an alternative =)

The're stupid not to advertise.  With all those people sitting in their cars
as they crawl through the traffic, at least some of them have to get sick
and tired of it and consider PT.

Adam

> cheers
> Johann
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