To get to his job in the city, Vinod Gakhar first has to spend 30 minutes going back before he can go forward.
Driving to the city involves a U-turn at the next exit outbound.It’s called the big U-turn.
There is no overpass to reach the city-bound lanes on the other side, so drivers must first head a couple of kilometres west to an exit in Melton. Then they drive back past where they came from. Marketing material shown to buyers depicts a “future” interchange and flyover crossing the Western Highway, neither of which have eventuated.
Matt Pearse, who has lived in Thornhill Park for four years, said he was given the impression that the proposed transport infrastructure would have been finished by now.Justin McManus
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