Melbourne’s congestion forecast to get so much worse

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Infrastructure Victoria has warned that Melbourne faces growing congestion problems over coming decades as residents flock to outer suburban areas and regions like Geelong:

Infrastructure Victoria has predicted that key roads and public transport will be clogged earlier during the morning commute to the city after people moved to outer suburbs and regional areas during the pandemic.

Its research found that under the most likely scenario, a third of workers would work remotely two to three days a week by 2036.

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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.