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East-West Link shows miserable failure of planning process

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imageTaxpayers are the ultimate losers when governments fail to manage expensive infrastructure projects. AAP/Joe Castro

Two cheers for resolving the East-West toll road project mess. The agreement reached by the Andrews Government in Victoria to pay the consortium $339 million for its bid costs and early work is unprecedented, but also honourable and...

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