Thursday, July 17, 2008

17th July 2008 11:00:03 AM

GREATER Dandenong businesses will benefit from a $285 million boost to Victoria’s economy brought about by the early opening of EastLink, according to a report...........

“The number of jobs within a 30-minute drive of the City of Greater Dandenong alone has doubled to 400,000 with the opening of Eastlink and this is happening right along the corridor.”

Source: http://
www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/61665

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Influence of a Bad day

The Eastlink M3 was opened on a bad day.
My previous article Openning of Eastlink M3 Freeway mentioned about this.
1 week later and this is on the news.

Investors give EastLink a bypass
·Clay Lucas
·July 11, 2008
SHARES in Melbourne's newest private toll road have been hammered after the release of the first figures on traffic flows.
Despite 275,000 drivers a day using EastLink since it opened on June 29, the share price of owner ConnectEast dropped by 8% yesterday.....Source :
The Age