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Old 26-01-2007, 05:01 PM   #1
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Exclamation Melbourne's Roadworks, When its Done?

Hey guys, i think it has been mention before, but anyway i just wondering if anyone ganna be freaked out when all of the roadworks In Melbourne is finished, i know i will be, its ganna be so different, it going be interested if it fixes all problems with Melbourne's roads.

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Old 26-01-2007, 05:05 PM   #2
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Is this the big Thiess job?
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Old 26-01-2007, 05:08 PM   #3
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.. where are these roadworks? are you talking about the one on the princess & western ring road?
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Old 26-01-2007, 05:21 PM   #4
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.. where are these roadworks? are you talking about the one on the princess & western ring road?
Melbourne South and Eastern Suburb, Along Eastern freeway, Monash, Princess hwy and Frankston freeway so far i know that been affect by roadworks
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Old 26-01-2007, 05:25 PM   #5
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.. where are these roadworks? are you talking about the one on the princess & western ring road?
i'm talking about all of melbourne roadworks.
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Old 26-01-2007, 05:26 PM   #6
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Melbourne South and Eastern Suburb, Along Eastern freeway, Monash, Princess hwy and Frankston freeway so far i know that been affect by roadworks
yes thats whats i'm talking about thanks dude
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Old 26-01-2007, 05:44 PM   #7
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As soon as they finish the eastlink, the scummy labor government will find another dot on their dartboard to ***** with and sell as a toll road.
They need another road across the yarra and also join the tulla with the eastern freeway
There is still the geelong bypass, deerpark bypass, pakenham bypass and the widening of the monash to finish.
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Old 26-01-2007, 05:46 PM   #8
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As soon as they finish the eastlink, the scummy labor government will find another dot on their dartboard to ***** with and sell as a toll road.
They need another road across the yarra and also join the tulla with the eastern freeway
There is still the geelong bypass, deerpark bypass, pakenham bypass and the widening of the monash to finish.
holy god its ganna take 4ever then
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Old 26-01-2007, 05:53 PM   #9
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Don't forget the Dingley bypass, which has been in the Melways since forever.
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Old 26-01-2007, 06:03 PM   #10
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hey the geelong bypass has been proposed since the 50's........only just getting built now!
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Old 26-01-2007, 06:29 PM   #11
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You guys think you have problems...

You should see the pathetic attempt of the Windsor Road upgrade in Sydney.
A complete shambles for over 2 Years.
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Old 26-01-2007, 06:40 PM   #12
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And the Deer Park Bypass, this has been long awaited. But no matter how much is spent, and how many bypasses and flyovers are built, the bottlenecks will only be relocated.
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Old 26-01-2007, 06:47 PM   #13
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Having driven in both Syd before the Hume fwy went through Campbelltown and Melb before the S.E. freeway was built I'd say that there will always be roadworks somewhere in both cities.

But dont complain in Melb. Down there they build roads properly unlike Syd where they just concrete over old Aboriginal walking tracks and add footpaths !
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Old 26-01-2007, 06:56 PM   #14
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Having driven in both Syd before the Hume fwy went through Campbelltown and Melb before the S.E. freeway was built I'd say that there will always be roadworks somewhere in both cities.

But dont complain in Melb. Down there they build roads properly unlike Syd where they just concrete over old Aboriginal walking tracks and add footpaths !
Thanks for that... I needed something to smile at... Good work. Hahahaha
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Old 26-01-2007, 06:57 PM   #15
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But dont complain in Melb. Down there they build roads properly unlike Syd where they just concrete over old Aboriginal walking tracks and add footpaths !

WERD!
With all the concrete barriers and stuff its like drving in a big 4 and most the time 2 lane storm water drain.
Although it is there to protect the road workers from silly speeding motorists.
I've seen this in the flesh. What might have been just a 2 car accident turned into a 6car pile up one morning... But the road workers were OK. They were taking photos.

I hear in the USA if you run down(fatally) a road worker its 10Years in the big house :ymca:
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Old 26-01-2007, 07:04 PM   #16
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Yeah, I drove in Sydney once, what a shambles, whoever planned them (if they were planned at all) must have been incapable of drawing a straight line.

But seriously, why would the roadworks ever finish, the city is growing, more people = more traffic on a road network that already struggles to keep up.

They are not finished until the eliminate traffic congestion 100%, and when will that be, hmmmm......never.
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Old 26-01-2007, 09:45 PM   #17
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Whats the go with the last few km's of highway into Geelong lately?

Travelling for a drive today from melbourne and down the surf coast the Princess blocked up just after Avalon airport, took an hour to get from there to Geelong, couldnt find any obvious holdups once we got there though. That stretch will be so much better once the bypass is done, travelling through Geelong to go down the coast can be a real holdup on a trip
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Old 26-01-2007, 10:02 PM   #18
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Whats the go with the last few km's of highway into Geelong lately?

Travelling for a drive today from melbourne and down the surf coast the Princess blocked up just after Avalon airport, took an hour to get from there to Geelong, couldnt find any obvious holdups once we got there though. That stretch will be so much better once the bypass is done, travelling through Geelong to go down the coast can be a real holdup on a trip
yep its kinda screwed...gets worse as you get into geelong, 4 lanes into 2 (actually 3 but cars use the third as a parking lane) right through geelong.....1 main "through" road, which is uaually packed 2 wide with trucks up and over the hill......nice 30 - 40kph through........
i have to traverse that every day to and from work.....fun

be much happier when im working in melbourne to be honest
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Old 26-01-2007, 10:17 PM   #19
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Hmm, well I guess that you people dont want to hear about my job where I drive for 10hrs a day and only go through 4 sets of traffic lights :
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Old 26-01-2007, 10:24 PM   #20
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you shouldnt b itch about the melbourne highway system... YOU HAVE a highway system. In adelaide we have only just upgraded from cobble stones.
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Old 26-01-2007, 10:43 PM   #21
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you shouldnt b itch about the melbourne highway system... YOU HAVE a highway system. In adelaide we have only just upgraded from cobble stones.
i thought you guys all had skateboard paths there, i saw more EMO's with skateboards than cars...
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Old 27-01-2007, 12:10 AM   #22
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this is the size of Eastlink , 22Ks



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