Political pressure for construction of the east-west road link to begin in the west is mounting on both sides of State Parliament.
Western Metropolitan Liberal MP Andrew Elsbury has called on Roads Minister Terry Mulder to consider the region’s critical transport needs, spruiking the case for work on the 18-kilometre connection to start from the west end.
The road will join the Eastern Freeway, CityLink and the Western Ring Road. In Parliament, Mr Mulder dodged opposition questions seeking a response to his colleague’s calls. But he told the Weekly the government had not decided which stage would be built first. He said the matter would be considered early next year once the outcome of the state’s bid for $30 million in federal funding was known.
