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Another 29 Level Crossings To Go Under Labor
Oct 21st, 2018 at 2:06pm
 
Another 25 rail level crossings to go under Labor pledge   Smiley

21 October 2018
The Age


Labor has pledged to remove a further 25 level crossings by 2025 if re-elected next month.

A total of 29 level crossings have already been removed and another 50 are set to be removed by 2022.   Smiley   

Premier Daniel Andrews said the further 25 removals would cost an additional $6.6 billion, but getting rid of the crossings would improve safety and ease congestion.


"They should have been removed decades ago," he said.

Mr Andrews said the latest level crossings had been chosen based on factors including the safety record at the location and the amount of traffic congestion.


The new sites flagged for removal include the Union Road crossing in Surrey Hills, where two women were killed in a crash in 2016; a crossing at Glen Huntly Road that also involves tram lines and a crossing at Bell Street, Preston.

Mr Andrews said some of the removals could involve sections of rail being elevated above the roads, while in other cases roads would be diverted above or below existing train lines.

Communities near level crossings flagged for removal had been consulted, he said.

Mr Andrews said the government had exceeded its promise to get rid of at least 20 dangerous level crossings by 2018. So far, 29 have been removed.

“That’s meant we have run more trains more often and those 29 locations are perhaps safer than they have ever been,” he said.
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Reply #1 - Oct 21st, 2018 at 2:19pm
 
I noticed in NSW the other day a new crossing going in ?
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Reply #2 - Oct 21st, 2018 at 2:20pm
 
Hi sir Crook,
Dan has done well on the level crossings -
it will certainly win him many votes.
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Reply #3 - Nov 13th, 2018 at 8:51am
 
Removing level crossings is a congestion-busting measure that I strongly support.

It directly relieves road congestion by removing the level crossings. It indirectly relieves road congestion by improving public transport, allowing trains to run more frequently and taking more cars off the roads.

As Dan Andrews correctly points out: "They should have been removed decades ago".
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Reply #4 - Nov 23rd, 2018 at 6:52pm
 
whiteknight wrote on Oct 21st, 2018 at 2:06pm:
Another 25 rail level crossings to go under Labor pledge   Smiley

21 October 2018
The Age


Labor has pledged to remove a further 25 level crossings by 2025 if re-elected next month.

A total of 29 level crossings have already been removed and another 50 are set to be removed by 2022.   Smiley   

Premier Daniel Andrews said the further 25 removals would cost an additional $6.6 billion, but getting rid of the crossings would improve safety and ease congestion.


Have you notified Longy about this?
I remember him stating that Dan would be lucky to replace 4 crossings in 4 years....


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Re: Another 29 Level Crossings To Go Under Labor
Reply #5 - Nov 24th, 2018 at 8:55pm
 
Bam wrote on Nov 13th, 2018 at 8:51am:
Removing level crossings is a congestion-busting measure that I strongly support.

It directly relieves road congestion by removing the level crossings. It indirectly relieves road congestion by improving public transport, allowing trains to run more frequently and taking more cars off the roads.

As Dan Andrews correctly points out: "They should have been removed decades ago".


Won't be removed under a lib government.
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Reply #6 - Nov 25th, 2018 at 7:21pm
 
stunspore wrote on Nov 24th, 2018 at 8:55pm:
Bam wrote on Nov 13th, 2018 at 8:51am:
Removing level crossings is a congestion-busting measure that I strongly support.

It directly relieves road congestion by removing the level crossings. It indirectly relieves road congestion by improving public transport, allowing trains to run more frequently and taking more cars off the roads.

As Dan Andrews correctly points out: "They should have been removed decades ago".


Won't be removed under a lib government.

By the time there's another Liberal government in Victoria, most of the level crossings in Melbourne will already be gone.
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