Melbourne’s growth areas deliberately starved of infrastructure

I have argued repeatedly that Victoria’s $200 billion Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) project will consume most of the state’s infrastructure budget, starving existing transport corridors and growth areas of funding for decades.

9News surveyed residents of Melbourne’s outer suburbs and found that they feel neglected by the government, with infrastructure failing to keep pace with burgeoning populations:

9News captured chaotic scenes at Rockbank Train Station, where demand is so great the car park fills up by the early hours of the morning and spills out onto the side of the road.