Sir Rod Eddington sees the tunnels being constructed under Melbourne less for the trucks and trains they will carry than the lessons they provide about how to safely reopen the city and state.
Sir Rod Eddington believes the way out for Melbourne and Victoria is right under our feet.
Sir Rod Eddington says collaboration with business has been missing from Victoria's COVID-19 response.“We demonstrated through the first lockdown that the construction industry itself came to grips with how to deal with this,’’ Sir Rod tells. “They put a lot of time, effort and energy into doing it and it worked. Construction sites very quickly became safe places to work.
Sir Rod says Victoria succeeds when people and organisations with competing interests agree to work together. “If you speak to people in the business community, they will tell you there has been little evidence of that in the past six months,’’ Sir Rod says. Premier Daniel Andrews and Transport Minister Jacinta Allan inspect works on the Metro Tunnel just before the pandemic.As the chair of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, Sir Rod has a strong interest in seeing major projects continue through the pandemic. He says it is notable that in Victoria’s first lockdown, work continued at Melbourne construction sites without causing major COVID-19 outbreaks.
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