STR Buys their way back into Court

i note that the GDE is costed at 85 Mil and the belco busway is 85-180M.

bizarre.

Bear in mind that STR are incorporated and keep minimal cash opn had at any given time.

I like to see community groups availling themselves of the law to the same extent as our captains of industry.

While personally I would like to see the GDE complete I have nothing but admiration for the way STR have exploited the ACT Government’s inability to adhere to it’s own planning requirements.

Insofar as they are exposing the ludicrous planning regime I think what they are doing is worth a few months delay on the GDE.

Don’t worry hash – the GDE includes a complete redevelopment of Glenloch Interchange, removing traffic lights and improving flow. It will become a proper freeway style intersection:
http://www.gde.act.gov.au/documents/reportsandstudies/maps/gde-map-glenlochinterchange.jpg

I want a direct route to get North/south without having to dogleg across the whole of Canberra. That is what the GDE will do for me

I think what he is getting at is the jams, that occur mostly from the -Aranda turn off/Woden merge- towards Belco, will now be relieved by the Gunghalin portion of that traffic avoiding getting on that merge-insanity part of the interchange in the first place.

Well thats creative!

Hash your a f-ckwit

Go STR! I hope they block the GDE forever. Further congestion of the Glenlock (spelling??!) interchange isn’t going to make the trip much faster, the interchange is already at a standstill for much of the morning.

I hope costs are awarded against them when they LOSE.

This isn’t an ‘again’ (not in the sense you mean, anyway) – this is the actual hearing of the appeal we were all complaining about a couple of months back. We should be happy – they’ve actually started hearing it, which puts us one step closer to getting the road built 🙂