Victorian Government inquiry shows poor road planning procurement

A report to a Victorian Government inquiry has recommended that the State should build fewer mega-road projects and invest instead on small road projects to clear the state’s choking roads.

Economic consultant ACIL Tasman reports that the big road projects in Victoria have barely paid their way, returning benefits no bigger than the costs.

By contrast, it says, evaluations published by the industry's research arm, Austroads, show that smaller road projects in Victoria typically deliver benefits worth two to four times the cost of the project.

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