弥补西部枢纽经费缺口，非使用者也需付费

Andrews政府上周宣布，工党政府将维持延长 CityLink 至少 10 年收费时间，用以支付连接 Westgate Freeway 和 Footscray 路段间耗资 55 亿的西部枢纽( Western Distributor) 。

与此同时， 州长Andrews 先生却又拒绝联邦政府提供用于增加线道，改善 Monash 高速公路的 5 亿经费。 这代表从墨尔本东、东南和北部地区行经 CityLink 的驾驶都将被收取通行费，然后用以支付他们甚少用到的西部枢纽路段。

令人深感失望的是，由于 Daniel Andrews 已支付 11 亿澳币的天价来取消兴建东西环线 (East West Link) 计画，如今却又耗费巨资兴建类似东西环线其中一小段，　一个画虎不成反类犬般半成品的西部枢纽，由于交通拥堵的主要问题仍得不到解决，多数行经墨尔本路段的驾驶还是会持续受困于拥堵的车流中。

英文版/ English version

More CityLink tolls to pay for Western Distributor

The Andrews government announced last week it will proceed with plans to charge motorists who use CityLink at least 10 more years of tolls to help pay for the $5.5 billion “Western Distributor” road between the Westgate Freeway and Footscray Road.

At the same time, Mr Andrews is refusing to accept $500 million from the Commonwealth government to increase the number of new lanes to be built on Monash Freeway.

This means that CityLink motorists from the east, south-east and north of Melbourne will be charged tolls to pay for a road they will seldom use and will get little benefit from.

Yet motorists across Melbourne will remain stuck in traffic because Daniel Andrews has paid $1.1 billion to cancel the building of East-West Link.