Well there goes that 10 billion

Well there goes that 10 billion

Oh yeah, 2 billion for high-speed rail to Geelong, what a joke. Like that was to happen.

Well there goes that 10 billion

Oh yeah, 2 billion for high-speed rail to Geelong, what a joke. Like that was to happen.

Time will tell if ScoMo is true to his word regards the $2 Billion for the Geelong line., regardless of whether we think it's worthwhile or not.

IMO if he doesn't cough up the funds within the next three years, regardless of the Libs very shaky hold on Corangamite, it will be a broken election promise and he may face the wrath of the state government and the electorate at that time.

Mike.

that miserable SOB Andrews.

that miserable SOB Andrews.

Doesn't matter what you think of him or his politics, he's got a bigger mandate to govern than Scott Morrison ever will.

Well there goes that 10 billion

Yeah, no mid-term MM2 announcement.

Money locked up for the stupid East-West Link.

Very unfortunate for Victorian Transport Infrastructure.

Oh yeah, 2 billion for high-speed rail to Geelong, what a joke. Like that was to happen.

Well there goes that 10 billion

Yeah, no mid-term MM2 announcement.

Money locked up for the stupid East-West Link.

Very unfortunate for Victorian Transport Infrastructure.

Oh yeah, 2 billion for high-speed rail to Geelong, what a joke. Like that was to happen.

This is a good summary,  I would add no freight work as mentioned by James.AU which project was this?

East West Link they will use this to put pressure on DAN but really I want to see this go to MM2?

Geelong High Speed Rail is gone and will be reduced and will probably just provide electrification

We have money already committed for the Geelong area works to Waurn Ponds correct?

Well there goes that 10 billion

Yeah, no mid-term MM2 announcement.

Money locked up for the stupid East-West Link.

Very unfortunate for Victorian Transport Infrastructure.

Oh yeah, 2 billion for high-speed rail to Geelong, what a joke. Like that was to happen.

This is a good summary,  I would add no freight work as mentioned by James.AU which project was this?

East West Link they will use this to put pressure on DAN but really I want to see this go to MM2?

Geelong High Speed Rail is gone and will be reduced and will probably just provide electrification

We have money already committed for the Geelong area works to Waurn Ponds correct?

Premier in Box Hill to announce the start of geotechnical work.

If they are beginning the geotechnical work, I'll bet a steak dinner they've got the route sorted. Barring something like them finding dinosaur fossils or a UFO of course...

If they are beginning the geotechnical work, I'll bet a steak dinner they've got the route sorted. Barring something like them finding dinosaur fossils or a UFO of course...

The first section (Box Hill to Cheltenham) looks to be sandstone in the Northern half, and sand/silt/gravel in the Southern half...  The latter could be fun and games to tunnel through.

I could see them using the geotechnical surveys as a way of justifying removing the Glen Waverley kink and going straighter between Monash and Burwood.

I still find it a bit upsetting that this is getting prioritised over Metro 2.

The project will include 16 stations, with a new map of the project released on Tuesday showing a potential new interchange station at Wyndham Vale.

Hope Glen Waverley is dumped. Should IMO be replaced with MONASH > CHADSTONE > HOLMESGLEN > BURWOOD.

Route is more direct, delivers a station to a massive catchment area of Chadstone. Still connects with the GW line. Possibility of connecting Alamein in as well. Chadstone is a bigger and more important hub than GW.

Here's a stupid thought, what would it take to make the SRL an actual loop?

Has there ever been any discussion or plans about this project before this was announced by the Victorian premier?
What does it actually achieve?
Are there better projects to spend money on?
With this being a 50 year project what will happen if the state libs get elected in 2026 or a future election?
Is it just a vanity project to out do the Metro projects being built Sydney?
Why isn't metro 2 being planned instead?

1. Not as a whole, although a similar south-eastern orbital was proposed in 1969; the Sunshine-Airport section has long been proposed; and the connection between Wyndham Vale and Werribee has been on the cards since before the RRL opened. So it is not really a new concept.
2. Apart from the obvious goal of improving intrasuburban connectivity, it also provides heavy rail to the Monash and Doncaster areas without the awkward questions about mainline connections that have plagued branchline proposals to these areas for a long time. (NB: I'm not saying this is the ideal solution, but it is a big benefit.)
3. Define "better".
4. Sunshine-Airport and Cheltenham-Box Hill will almost certainly be under construction by 2022. It is likely that Werribee-Wyndham Vale will be underway as part of a quad/spark project by 2026, in the probable scenario Labor win a third term. The north-eastern section is the most marginal anyway so really, who knows with that.
5. No.
6. It should be planned in addition to, not instead of. No objection here to that.