In late 2017, the Victorian Labor Government completed a shady $6.7 billion deal with Transurban to build the West Gate Tunnel Project, which will see Transurban contribute $4.4 billion towards the cost in exchange motorists paying $15 billion in additional tolls on CityLink until 2045.
Former Premier Jeff Kennett described the deal as “absurd” and claimed Transurban had “the government in their pocket”:
