Monash freeway - new speed cameras

[GDT]

Ive been travelling on the monash lately and notice they are installing "overhead devices" along a stretch near toorak road. Can anyone confirm that these are time over distance cameras? They seem to be about 250m apart with one per lane.

I guess the government needs heaps more money now to pay for the economic crisis .

[joolz]

They appear to be signs for lane closures like the ones on the Tulla Fwy overpasses near Essedon Airport that have never been installed!! The look like empty boxes yes?

[AdzT3-146]

are these inbound/outbound or both?

[4Vman]

Will this road ever be roadwork free????? i can't believe the amount of delays and roadworks this road continues to have....... its pathetic.

[bigev]

they'll be used to indicate which lanes are open because there wont be an emergency lane. Same as whats in the tunnels.

[Ralliart]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

Will this road ever be roadwork free????? i can't believe the amount of delays and roadworks this road continues to have....... its pathetic.

maybe in 2010 when the roadworks are spose to finish if they do finish it

[brenx]

Originally Posted by Ralliart

maybe in 2010 when the roadworks are spose to finish if they do finish it

We'll get 1 week of no road works and then that'll start ripping it up again as per usual.

I don't think I've every driven along the monash minus road works in the last 15 years.

[4Vman]

Originally Posted by brenx

We'll get 1 week of no road works and then that'll start ripping it up again as per usual.

I don't think I've every driven along the monash minus road works in the last 15 years.

Me either, its a total disgrace you have to pay money to sit in a mobile car park, its like the westgate bridge it joins to.. once they finish the roadworks at 1 end they go back to the beginning and start again.
Ive never ben able to drive from roweville to hoppers crossing without major delays from roadworks.. ever.
It doessnt seem to matter what day it is or what time it is there's a traffic jam somewhere on it.
Cant see any light at the end of the tunnel either.. pardon the pun.

[bcr2734]

[QUOTE=brenx]We'll get 1 week of no road works and then that'll start ripping it up again as per usual.

[QUOTE]
Then they will start ripping up the eastlink. That is why i hate Victoria.

[Hitman]

Atleast it's better than when the Monash (south eastern arterial as it was known back then) finished at a set of lights at Punt road and we all had to trundle through the city to get out the other side though!
It's poing to be good to travel at 100k's an hour on it again when it's done, instead of 80 all the way to the Hallam bypass

[brenx]

I have to drive almost it to get to werribee every day for the next 3 weeks in the truck. Drives me nuts in the arvo. I'm going along it around 5:30am in the morn so it's not too bad but it's still busy.

[chevypower]

Coming back to Oz for a couple of weeks.... is the place just one big speed camera now? I am gonna have a hard time keeping under the speed limit!

[SB076]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

Me either, its a total disgrace you have to pay money to sit in a mobile car park, its like the westgate bridge it joins to.. once they finish the roadworks at 1 end they go back to the beginning and start again.
Ive never ben able to drive from roweville to hoppers crossing without major delays from roadworks.. ever.
It doessnt seem to matter what day it is or what time it is there's a traffic jam somewhere on it.
Cant see any light at the end of the tunnel either.. pardon the pun.

Thats what happens when you dont do something properly first time round. I remember when they had traffic lights at Toorak Rd al because some politician promised no more freeways so they created an arterial. Sad thing is I remember reading an RACV report that stated by the time they have finished this current road works, that the we will be no better off than where we were a few years ago (due to more people using the road etc) Same with the Westgate, that will be a problem for years to come and everyone knows about it but no one will do anything about it.

[TZENU]

I don't think they will ever get the Monash Fwy right. Come 2010 when its supposed to be completed and it will take an hour + to go from Wellington Rd to Kings Way...

[buickman]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

Will this road ever be roadwork free????? i can't believe the amount of delays and roadworks this road continues to have....... its pathetic.

No Australian road or bridge builder would get a job in LA .
I was in LA 8 months after the 1995 earthquake did major damage to the 5 freeway and it was up and running with all lanes operating not like the Monash a disgrace.

[Spanrz]

Originally Posted by buickman

No Australian road or bridge builder would get a job in LA .
I was in LA 8 months after the 1995 earthquake did major damage to the 5 freeway and it was up and running with all lanes operating not like the Monash a disgrace.

Yep agree, but the problem we have is :

• Cost to do job is always higher per hour
• No manpower or lack of (the right people)
• Mentality of doing the job with the smallest machine possible

When the US builds freeways or repairs are done, all the machines are done with big diggers.
(e.g We dig a hole with a 30 tonne excavator on a normal road project, USA uses a 85 tonner)
Near on 3 times the size, near on 3 times faster, the job is done.

We still think (mentallity) that using smaller machine/s and having a lesser cost than the big machines, is a better outcome in the long run, even if it takes 3 years.