Melbourne turns never-ending construction site

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Like Groundhog Day, large chunks of Melbourne’s transport network will be shut down over summer for a “construction blitz”:

Three months of work on roads and train lines during the summer will bring major disruptions…

“It will be inconvenient, it will cause a bit of pain for people moving around the city and suburbs but the alternative, of course, is to simply grind to a halt,” Mr Andrews said…

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.