Greens call for motorway moratorium

Warnings of $8-per-litre petrol within 10 years highlights the disastrous failure to invest in public transport, according to Greens MP Lee Rhiannon.

Commenting on the release of the CSIRO study ‘Fuel for Thought’, Ms Rhiannon said the State Government had wasted a decade and billions of dollars on new motorway projects.

“Financial resources and political effort should have been focused on building a public transport network that can cope with massive increases in passengers,” she said. 

The NSW Upper House MP said the Government should abandon plans for new motorway projects and pour investment into public transport plans.

The Greens Peak Oil Response Plan Bill 2008, currently before the NSW Upper House, calls for a moratorium on new oil-dependent projects and the establishment of a committee to draft a response plan.