Roads
Premier plays tour guide to give glimpse inside West Gate Tunnel
Vehicles can now travel the full length of the long-awaited alternative to the West Gate Bridge, but the opening date and the price motorists will have to pay remain unknown.
- by Annika Smethurst
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Road to ruin: Why Victoria’s pothole ‘minefield’ is getting worse
Drivers are suffering shredded tyres, smashed gearboxes and other vehicle damage. They want action to fix our roads.
- by Patrick Hatch
Key section of Flinders Street to close to traffic throughout 2025
A 200-tonne crane will shut down a busy section of Flinders Street for all of next year as the Allan government races to complete the two Big Build projects.
- by Carla Jaeger
The two giant overlapping tunnels that pass metres apart below Sydney
Six giant road headers are working around the clock to dig the first new road crossing of Sydney Harbour in 30 years.
- by Megan Gorrey
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Pollution
‘We’ll cop the full brunt’: West Gate Tunnel to pump out toxic fumes near homes
Campaigners push for filters to be installed on the project’s enormous vents in Melbourne’s inner west as pollution fears grow.
- by Sophie Aubrey and Patrick Hatch
These potholes are so bad that the speed limit has to be dropped
Safety measures have been put in place on almost 500 kilometres of the state’s public roads pending work to fill potholes or fix cracking and other damage.
- by Patrick Hatch
Analysis
Cars
WA’s favourite cars revealed: do your wheels reflect where you live?
Use our interactive to find out the top 10 car models in your postcode and check out the map showing Perth’s most popular vehicles.
- by Claire Ottaviano, Craig Butt and Angus Delaney
Cars damaged when storm dislodged Harbour Bridge road plate
A dramatic storm that swept over Sydney on Sunday night is being blamed for dislodging a road plate that damaged 25 cars at the entrance to the Harbour Bridge.
- by Jessica McSweeney
Sydney drivers face tolls until 2060. Here’s why that might get longer
A confidential document reveals early thinking within Treasury about how to compensate toll road operators for network-wide reductions in charges for motorists.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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Infrastructure
‘More workers, extra shifts’: Fresh fears of West Gate Tunnel delays, cost blowouts
The $10 billion tunnel project is already years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, and now there’s a scramble to ensure it gets completed by next year.
- by Kieran Rooney
Victorian towns install EV chargers to lure in drivers experiencing ‘range anxiety’
Some councils in tourism hotspots plan to install chargers for electric vehicles in the hope of attracting a growing demographic of tourists.
- by Benjamin Preiss