VTA slams Transurban
A recent Victorian Transport Association request that night-time tolls be removed from a lane of Melbourne's Bolte Bridge has fallen on deaf ears…The Victorian Transport Association has slammed Transurban after the major road operator ignored the representative body's request to remove night-time tolls for trucks from a single lane of Melbourne's Bolte Bridge.
The VTA made the request after the recent expansion of night-time truck curfews in Melbourne's inner west, citing the removal of the night-time tolls on a single gantry would encourage heavy vehicles to move off residential streets.
"What we need is for big trucks to be encouraged to travel on big roads and not pushed on to residential side streets," said VTA CEO, Peter Anderson.
"Transurban has rejected its social responsibilities and spun the moral compass by refusing the requested reduction of night-time tolls on the Bolte Bridge.
"Transurban should be encouraging the transport industry to use its roads, while at the same time meeting its social obligations.
"The small financial commitment requested from Transurban was not accepted by its Board and clearly shows that profits come before community values.
"The claim by Transurban that the night-time toll reduction for heavy vehicles travelling on the Bolte Bridge would cost them $1.5 million is ludicrous; this figure is a drop in the ocean when compared to the $149 million half-year profit after tax the CityLink asset alone has recently enjoyed."
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