Dan Andrews ignored expert advice on West Gate Tunnel

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Clay Lucas has done a good job exposing Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ shady deal with Transurban to build the West Gate Tunnel, which is now in turmoil amid a dispute on how to dispose of contaminated soil:

Problems on construction of the $6.7 billion toll road centre around soil contamination that everyone knew was there before the big dig got underway…

“I wonder if the government’s big rush to get it signed off and started meant some things were overlooked?” observes William McDougall, a respected transport planner and engineer hired by the Andrews government in 2015 to help assess Transurban’s proposal…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.