Residents in Melbourne's north-east who are set to lose their homes because a giant tunnel boring machine will be launched at their doorstep say they were kept in the dark about the true impacts of the $15.8 billion North East Link
Residents in Melbourne's north-east who are set to lose their homes because a giant tunnel boring machine will be launched at their doorstep say they were kept in the dark about the true impacts of the $15.8 billion North East Link.
The park, now a popular play spot for local kids, would soon be fenced off with a four-metre-high noise wall and accessed by nearly 1000 trucks every day for seven years. Ms Aguiar said residents have not been told how construction starting early next year would affect them and who would be eligible for the voluntary purchase scheme.“First, we were told we weren’t impacted, then we were slightly, and now our home is up for voluntary acquisition.”
The independent panel has supported the project, finding that it would significantly redistribute traffic away from local roads. The recommendation – which was rejected by Mr Wynne due to its cost – would stop suburbs from being divided by a road in a trench, reduce the impact on jobs lost and create more open space, by putting more of the road in a tunnel.
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