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Myth: Roe 8 has environmental approvals
In their 2013 report to Main Roads, the EPA concluded as follows: ‘The EPA concludes that any proposal for the construction of Roe Highway Stage 8 through the Beeliar Regional Park would be…
Myth: Now that clearing has commenced we may as well complete the project
The Government is recklessly clearing a path through the Beeliar Wetlands in the hope that it will cause irreversible damage and that Roe 8 will go ahead regardless of the outcome of…
Myth: The PFL will improve road safety and transport efficiency
The PFL will do nothing to improve road safety or transport efficiency. Leach Highway is already a very safe road, thanks to improvements made over the past decade. In contrast Roe Highway…
Myth: The PFL will reduce traffic congestion
This is supposed to be one of the major reasons for building the PFL, but it is a road to nowhere. The Roe 9 tunnel will dump thousands of cars and trucks…
Myth: The PFL project will create 10,000 jobs and is economically beneficial
Main Roads claims that the PFL will create 10,000 jobs, while the Premier claims it will create 3,000 jobs. Main Roads has refused an FOI request for it to release its cost…
Myth: The PFL has been on the books for 60 years and no one objected until recently.
The PFL was a Prime Minister Abbott “Captain’s Call” presented to the former Transport Minister, Dean Nalder, at a meeting in Canberra in early 2015, along with similar highly controversial roads in…
Myth: Building Roads Reduces Congestion
Because I Must: Induced Demand – An Excerpt from Walkable City by Jeff Speck About once a month, I give a talk somewhere in America, typically to a chamber of commerce, a…
Myth: ‘Do you have the facts about Roe 8?’
On January 9th the WA Government and Main Roads released the video named ‘Do you have the facts about Roe 8?’ In this examination, we ask: ‘Do you REALLY have the facts…
Three ingredients for running a successful environmental campaign
an article by Andrea Gaynor Associate Professor of History, University of Western Australia published in The Conversation, February 3, 2017
Roe 8 Is An Expensive Redundancy
by Associate Professor Andrea Gaynor, UWA department of history Colin Barnett’s claim that the Roe Highway extension should be built because it “has been a part of Perth’s long-term planning for 50 years”…