[sustran] Melbourne tollways in court

[Paul Mees by way of tkpb at barter.pc.my Paul Barter]

The court battles against Melbourne's giant City Link tollway are
continuing. Philip Morey, a member of the Public Transport Users
Association, won an appeal to the Full Bench of the Federal Court against a
trial judge's dismissal of his action for misleading and deceptive conduct
against the promoters of the tollway. Morey has been granted a retrial of
his allegations that the traffic and revenue estimates published by the
promoters are inflated. His claims have been given added force by the
recent announcement that the owners of the private Hills Motorway in Sydney
have suspended payments to investors due to lower than expected traffic
volumes. And a case by another PTUA member challenging the Federal tax
breaks awarded to City Link goes on appeal to the Full Bench of the Federal
Court on 31 October.

Paul M.