c/melbournetrains · by Railison@aussie.zone · 2y

The Suburban Rail Loop is a money sink. Time to bite the bullet and cancel it

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-suburban-rail-loop-is-a-money-sink-time-to-bite-the-bullet-and-cancel-it-20231107-p5ei8l.html

Keen to hear people’s thoughts. Personally I think the SRL will change how Melbourne works in ways current modelling won’t consider. That comes at a high cost, but is it too high?

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Baku@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y

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MisterFrog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 302d

I just think it's a bit absurd we're not improving connectivity in the middle suburbs (15 km in ALL directions) and densifying there instead.

Melbourne is absurdly spread out.

We need to densify by:

Bringing back government employed building inspectors (builders/customer still need to pay the fee)
updating building standards to make mid-rise apartments excellent quality
update laws governing owners corporations to prevent:
- the developer controlling the committee because it still owns 50% of lots (I would say they should be barred from any voting, at all, and should not be allowed to award long-term strata management contracts)
overrule councils keeping the "character of their neighbourhood" which just usually means they want to hoard land for the wealthy instead of densifying. This has largely now begun, but sadly without the first 3 points...