Saturday, January 25, 2014

Victorian government failed to prove case for east-west link, infrastructure umpire finds

theage.com : "The state government failed to submit a ''robust'' business case for independent scrutiny to justify the east-west road link, according to Australia's major projects umpire.

Infrastructure Australia has singled out the controversial $6 billion to $8 billion road as a key example of why the public are cynical about about ''big-ticket'' infrastructure announcements.

In a strongly worded submission to a Senate inquiry examining government plans to overhaul of the advisory body, Infrastructure Australia national co-ordinator Michael Deegan warns that big spending promises are being made without proper scrutiny."



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